Centrally located body fat is associated with lower bone mineral density in older Puerto Rican adults123
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Abbreviations:
AFM
abdominal fat mass
BMD
bone mineral density
DXA
dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
GED
General Education Development
TFM
total fat mass
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From the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA (SNB and AHL); the Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA (SNB, BD-H, AHL, and KLT); the School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA (BD-H); the Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (MTH); and the Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (KLT).
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Supported by grants from the NIH (P01 AG023394, P50 HL105185, and R01 AG027087-01A1).
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Address correspondence to KL Tucker, 316 Robinson Hall, Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115. E-mail:[email protected].
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