Relationship between Body Mass Index and T-Scores of Bone Mineral Density in the Hip and Spine Regions among Older Adults with Diabetes: A Retrospective Review

Diabetes mellitus (DM) cases are increasing worldwide, especially in Saudi Arabia. Previous studies suggested a positive relationship between body mass index (BMI) and bone mineral density (BMD) levels. Generally, patients with low BMI (<18.5 kg/m(2)) have reduced BMD levels and, thus, low T-scor...

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Autores principales: Hariri, Abdulaziz F., Almatrafi, Mohammad N., Zamka, Aws B., Babaker, Abdullah S., Fallatah, Tariq M., Althouwaibi, Omar H., Hamdi, Amre S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6501245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31179127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9827403

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