Femoral bone structural geometry adapts to mechanical loading and is influenced by sex steroids: The Penn State Young Women's Health Study
Petit M, Beck T, Lin H, Bentley C, Legro R, Lloyd T. Femoral bone structural geometry adapts to mechanical loading and is influenced by sex steroids: The Penn State Young Women's Health Study. Bone 2004, 35: 750-759. PMID: 15336612, DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2004.05.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPenn State Young Women's Health StudyLean massWomen's Health StudySex steroidsBone structural geometryHip structural analysis programAreal bone mineral densityHealth StudyTotal body lean massProximal femur DXA scansTotal body scanBone mineral densityBone cross-sectional areaAge of menarcheBody lean massCross-sectional areaCortical thicknessDXA scansMineral densityShaft cortical thicknessBone widthAssess predictorsTestosterone levelsYears of longitudinal dataSubperiosteal width
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