The influence of obesity and overweight on hip bone mineral density in Lebanese women

J Clin Densitom. 2014 Jan-Mar;17(1):216-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.03.015. Epub 2013 Apr 23.

Authors

Rawad El Hage¹, Falah Bachour, Walid Khairallah, Farid Bedran², Naim Maalouf³, Eddy Zakhem¹, Majed Issa², Gemma Adib⁴, Ghassan Maalouf²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Biomécanique de la Performance Motrice, Université de Balamand, Al Koura, Lebanon.
² Bellevue University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine of St. Joseph University.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁴ Syrian Council of Osteoporosis.

PMID: 23623378
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.03.015

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Asian People*
Body Mass Index
Bone Density*
Case-Control Studies
Female
Femur*
Humans
Lebanon
Middle Aged
Obesity / ethnology*
Young Adult