A study conducted in children with CF showed that they had lower weight-, height-, BMI-, and whole LBM-Z and tibial length; in CF females, after adjustment for BMI-Z-score and muscleCSA, lower total and trabecular vBMD was shown, whereas the males had lower cortical, muscleCSA, and fatCSA, and their trabecular vBMD deficit approached significance.
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Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) for the assessment of bone strength in most of bone affecting conditions in developmental age: a review.
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