Relationships between obesity markers and bone parameters in community-dwelling older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Osteoporosis is an age-related condition that can lead to fragility fractures and other serious consequences. The literature data on the impact of obesity on bone health are contradictory. The main reasons for this discrepancy could be the imperfect nature of the body mass index (BMI) as a marker of obesity, the metabolic status (inflammation and metabolically healthy obesity), and/or heterogeneity in bone variables and architecture or sex.

Aims

To examine the relationship between bone variables and three validated obesity criteria.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, participants were classified as obese according to their BMI, waist circumference (WC), and fat mass (FM). Bone variables and architecture were assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiomet

SUBMITTER: Lemoine L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904426 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature