Associations between ethnicity, body composition, and bone mineral density in a Southeast Asian population

Yang PL 1 , Lu Y , Khoo CM , Leow MK , Khoo EY , Teo A Show all authors , Lee YS , Das De S , Chong YS , Gluckman PD , Tai ES , Venkataraman K , Ng CM

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  • 1 The Endocrine Clinic, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, 3 Mount Elizabeth, No. 17-08, Singapore 228510. alvin.ng@sgh.com.sg
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2013 Nov;98(11):4516-23.
PMID: 24037892 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-2454

Abstract

Chinese men in Singapore have a higher incidence of hip fractures than Malay and Indian men. We investigated whether there were corresponding ethnic differences in peak bone mineral density (BMD) in young men and whether differences in body composition influenced peak BMD.

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