1. Ethnic differences in the association of fat and lean mass with bone mineral density in the Singapore population
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Ada E. D. Teo, V. Zagorodnov, Y.S. Chong, S. Sendhil Velan, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Chin Meng Khoo, Peter D. Gluckman, Kavita Venkataraman, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Eric Yin Hao Khoo, E. S. Tai, Yung Seng Lee, and A. C. Ng
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Bone mineral ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Osteoporosis ,Population ,lcsh:R ,Ethnic group ,lcsh:Medicine ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Body weight ,Obesity ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Fat mass ,Poster Presentation ,medicine ,Lean body mass ,lcsh:Q ,education ,business ,lcsh:Science ,Demography - Abstract
Obesity and osteoporosis are two global health problems with pronounced morbidity and mortality. While body weight appears to mitigate the development of osteoporosis, whether excess body fat promotes or protects against osteoporosis remains a conundrum. The effect of ethnicity on these associations has also been understudied. We hypothesize that (1) fat mass (FM) and lean mass (LM) are independently associated with bone mineral density (BMD) and that (2) ethnic differences exist in the association of FM and LM with BMD among Chinese, Malay and Indian subjects.
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- 2012