NIDDK Central Repository - Accounting for racial/ethnic variation in bone mineral content and density: the competing influences of socioeconomic factors, body composition, health and lifestyle, and circulating androgens and estrogens.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1007/s00198-010-1520-y

PubMed ID

21210082

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2011

Affiliation

Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

Authors

Araujo AB, Chiu GR, McKinlay JB, Travison TG

Studies

BACH

Citation

Travison TG, Chiu GR, McKinlay JB, Araujo AB. Accounting for racial/ethnic variation in bone mineral content and density: the competing influences of socioeconomic factors, body composition, health and lifestyle, and circulating androgens and estrogens. Osteoporos Int 2011 Oct;22(10):2645-54. Epub 2011 Jan 6.

Abstract

The relative importance of various contributors to racial/ethnic variation in BMC/BMD is not established. Using population-based data, we determined that body composition differences (specifically skeletal muscle and fat mass) are among the strongest contributors to these variations.