Are there effects of age, gender, height, and body fat on the functional muscle-bone unit in children and adults?

Ibrahim DuranK MartakisS HamacherC StarkO SemlerE Schoenau

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2018)

When assessing TBLH-BMC for LBM in children and adults, the effects of age, gender, body fat, and body height should be addressed. These effects were analyzed for the first time in such a large cohort.

Keyphrases

body mass index
young adults
mental health
skeletal muscle
body composition
postmenopausal women