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The effect of excessive fat tissue on the measure of bone mineral density by dual X-ray absorptiometry: the impact of substantial weight loss following sleeve gastrectomy.

Laurent MaïmounDenis Mariano-GoulartAudrey JaussentPatrick LefebvreMarie-Christine PicotKrishna MahadeaVincent BoudousqClémence FouilladeDavid NoccaFayçal Ben Bouallègue
Published in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2019)
This study shows evidence of a potential effect of body composition, particularly FM, on aBMD. However, given the modest change in aBMD, which was close to the precision error of aBMD measurements, it appears that significant weight loss does not have a clinically significant impact on the evaluation of aBMD using DXA.
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