The Association between Metabolic Syndrome, Bone Mineral Density, Hip Bone Geometry and Fracture Risk: The Rotterdam Study

Taulant Muka; Katerina Trajanoska; Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong; Ling Oei; André G Uitterlinden; Albert Hofman; Abbas Dehghan; M. Carola Zillikens; Oscar H. Franco; Fernando Rivadeneira

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129116

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The Association between Metabolic Syndrome, Bone Mineral Density, Hip Bone Geometry and Fracture Risk: The Rotterdam Study

Taulant Muka,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Katerina Trajanoska,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Ling Oei,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Netherlands Genomics Inititiative, The Hague, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, IJsselland Hospital, Capelle aan den Ijssel, the Netherlands
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André G Uitterlinden,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Netherlands Genomics Inititiative, The Hague, the Netherlands
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Albert Hofman,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Netherlands Genomics Inititiative, The Hague, the Netherlands
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Abbas Dehghan,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Netherlands Genomics Inititiative, The Hague, the Netherlands
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M. Carola Zillikens,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Netherlands Genomics Inititiative, The Hague, the Netherlands
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Oscar H. Franco,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Netherlands Genomics Inititiative, The Hague, the Netherlands
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Fernando Rivadeneira

* E-mail: f.rivadeneira@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Netherlands Genomics Inititiative, The Hague, the Netherlands
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The Association between Metabolic Syndrome, Bone Mineral Density, Hip Bone Geometry and Fracture Risk: The Rotterdam Study

Taulant Muka,
Katerina Trajanoska,
Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong,
Ling Oei,
André G Uitterlinden,
Albert Hofman,
Abbas Dehghan,
M. Carola Zillikens,
Oscar H. Franco,
Fernando Rivadeneira

Published: June 12, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129116

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