Bone density, microarchitecture and stiffness in Caucasian and Caribbean Hispanic postmenopausal Ame

• 作 者: Bin Zhou Ji Wang Emily M Stein
• 机 构: BoneBioengineeringLaboratory,DivisionofEndocrinology,DepartmentofOrthopedicSurgery
• 出 处: 骨研究：英文
• 发表日期: 2014年3期
• 关键词: 美国人 骨密度 绝经后 高加索 妇女 微架构 僵硬 体积分数
• 基金项目: Acknowledgements This work was supported by NIH Grants R01 AR051376 （XEG）, NIH R01 AR058004 （XEG, ES）, NIH U01 AR055968 （ES） and by the Thomas L. Kempner and Katheryn C. Patterson Foundation.

Hispanic Americans of Caribbean origin are a fast-growing subset of the US population, but there are no studies on bone density, microstructure and biomechanical integrity in this minority group. In this study, we aimed to compare Caucasian and Caribbean