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ArticleJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2013

Ethnic variability in bone geometry as assessed by hip structure analysis: findings from the hip strength across the menopausal transition study.

Michelle E Danielson, Thomas J Beck, Yinjuan Lian, Arun S Karlamangla, Gail A Greendale, Kristine Ruppert, Joan Lo, Susan Greenspan, Marike Vuga, Jane A Cauley

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Article in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Bone Health and Outcomes in the United States.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2021
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  12. Current Applications and Selected Technical Details of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021
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  14. Hip Structural Analysis Reveals Impaired Hip Geometry in Girls With Type 1 Diabetes.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2020
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  17. Bone Health During the Menopause Transition and Beyond.Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America · 2018
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  18. Femoral Neck External Size but not aBMD Predicts Structural and Mass Changes for Women Transitioning Through Menopause.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2017
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  19. Applying ethnic-specific bone mineral density T-scores to Chinese women in the USA.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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  20. A biomechanical sorting of clinical risk factors affecting osteoporotic hip fracture.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Michelle E DanielsonUniversity of Pittsburgh, Department of Epidemiology, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. danielsonm@edc.pitt.edu
Thomas J Beck
Yinjuan Lian
Arun S Karlamangla
Gail A Greendale
Kristine Ruppert
Joan Lo
Susan Greenspan
Marike Vuga
Jane A Cauley

Funding

WOMENS HEALTH ACROSS THE NATION--COORDINATING CENTERU01AG012553 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BROOKS, MARIA MORI · 1994 to 2019
$37.7M
VARIABILITY, STABILITY & SMOOTHNESS OF WALKINGP30AG024827 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JENNIFER S BRACH · 2004 to 2026
$28.6M
WOMENS HEALTH ACROSS THE NATION--ENDOCRINE LABU01AG012495 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MCCONNELL, DANIEL S · 1994 to 2018
$18.8M
WOMENS HEALTH ACROSS THE NATION--PITTSBURGHU01AG012546 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MATTHEWS, KAREN · 1994 to 2019
$16.2M
WOMENS HEALTH ACROSS THE NATION--UCDAVISU01AG012554 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI GOLD, ELLEN B. · 1994 to 2019
$14.5M
WOMENS HEALTH ACROSS THE NATION--UCLAU01AG012539 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GREENDALE, GAIL A · 1994 to 2018
$13.7M
THE STUDY OF WOMEN'S HEALTH ACROSS THE NATION-MICHIGANU01NR004061 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HARLOW, SIOBAN D · 1994 to 2018
$12.9M
WOMENS HEALTH ACROSS THE NATION--CHICAGOU01AG012505 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI KRAVITZ, HOWARD M · 1994 to 2019
$11.9M
WOMENS HEALTH ACROSS THE NATION--MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HU01AG012531 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FINKELSTEIN, JOEL S · 1994 to 2019
$10.7M
Women's Health Across the Nation-New Jersey SiteU01AG012535 · NIA · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI DERBY, CAROL A. · 1994 to 2019
$9.2M
Hip Strength Across the Menopausal TransitionR01AG026463 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CAULEY, JANE ANN · 2007 to 2018
$3.9M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Racial/ethnic origin plays an important role in fracture risk. Racial/ethnic differences in fracture rates cannot be fully explained by bone mineral density (BMD). Studies examining the influence of bone geometry and strength on fracture risk have focused primarily on older adults and have not included people from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds. Our goal was to explore racial/ethnic differences in hip geometry and strength in a large sample of midlife women. We performed hip structure analysis (HSA) on hip dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans from 1942 premenopausal and early perimenopausal women. The sample included white (50%), African American (27%), Chinese (11%), and Japanese (12%) women aged 42 to 52 years. HSA was performed using software developed at Johns Hopkins University. African American women had higher conventional (8.4% to 9.7%) and HSA BMD (5.4% to 19.8%) than other groups with the exception being Japanese women, who had the highest HSA BMD (9.7% to 31.4%). HSA indices associated with more favorable geometry and greater strength and resistance to fracture were more prevalent in African American and Japanese women. Femurs of African American women had a smaller outer diameter, a larger cross-sectional area and section modulus, and a lower buckling ratio. Japanese women presented a different pattern with a higher section modulus and lower buckling ratio, similar to African American women, but a wider outer diameter; this was offset by a greater cross-sectional area and a more centrally located centroid. Chinese women had similar conventional BMD as white women but a smaller neck region area and HSA BMD at both regions. They also had a smaller cross-sectional area and section modulus, a more medially located centroid, and a higher buckling ratio than white women. The observed biomechanical differences may help explain racial/ethnic variability in fracture rates. Future research should explore the contribution of hip geometry to fracture risk across all race/ethnicities.

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EthnicityAbsorptiometry, PhotonAdultAsian PeopleBlack or African AmericanBone and BonesBone DensityDemographyFemaleHipHumansMenopauseMiddle AgedWhite People

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PMID23044816
PMCPMC3586935

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