Relation of body fat distribution to femoral neck bone density and endometrial thickness in postmenopausal women

Oktem O., Kucuk M., Ozer K., Sezen D., Durmusoglu F.

GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol.26, no.6, pp.440-444, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.3109/09513591003632209
  • Journal Name: GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.440-444
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Study design. Subjects were 40 healthy postmenopausal women with biopsy proven atrophic endometrium. Anthropometrical variables (total fat mass, trunk and leg fat masses, lean body mass and femoral neck BMD) were measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.