Sex-related differences in the association between waist circumference and bone mineral density in a Korean population.

BMC Musculoskelet Disord · 2014 · PMC4193133 · PMID 25274071

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Three previous population-based studies that adjusted for the weight-bearing effect of body weight found that the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) was negatively associated with BMD in the lumbar spine and calcaneus and with bone mineral content (BMC)[ 18 – 20 ], however, another study found a highly significant positive correlation between BMD in the proximal and ultradistal radius and WHR in obese individuals[ 30 ].

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