Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Pages: 1984-1992

Journal: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volume number: 37

Issue number: 12

ISSN: 0301-5629

eISSN: 1879-291X

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.09.015

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
The impact of fat-free mass (FFM), fat mass (FM), body mass index (BMI), body mass and body height on calcaneal bone characteristics as measured with quantitative ultrasound (QUS) was investigated in 137 women and 85 men aged 62-92 years, considering age, smoking, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and physical activity level (PAL). In regression analyses using various models, in women, age was a negative predictor of speed of sound (SOS), broad-band ultrasound attenuation (BUA) and stiffness index (SI) and smoking was a negative predictor of SOS; positive predictors of SOS, BUA, and SI were BMI, body mass and FFM. In men, smoking was a negative predictor and BMI, body mass and FFM were positive predictors of BUA and SI. In both sexes, PAL, body height, WHR and FM had no effect on QUS parameters. The influence of BMI on calcaneal bone characteristics in elderly people depends on FFM rather than on FM. (E-mail: Monika. Neuhaeuser-Berthold@ernaehrung.uni-giessen. de) (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.

Harvard Citation style: Brunner, C., Pons-Kuehnemann, J. and Neuhaeuser-Berthold, M. (2011) IMPACT OF AGE, ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA AND BODY COMPOSITION ON CALCANEAL BONE CHARACTERISTICS, AS MEASURED BY QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS) IN AN OLDER GERMAN POPULATION, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 37(12), pp. 1984-1992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.09.015

APA Citation style: Brunner, C., Pons-Kuehnemann, J., & Neuhaeuser-Berthold, M. (2011). IMPACT OF AGE, ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA AND BODY COMPOSITION ON CALCANEAL BONE CHARACTERISTICS, AS MEASURED BY QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND (QUS) IN AN OLDER GERMAN POPULATION. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 37(12), 1984-1992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.09.015