Body fat has stronger associations with bone mass density than body mass index in metabolically healthy obesity

Yuan-Yuei Chen; Wen-Hui Fang; Chung-Ching Wang; Tung-Wei Kao; Yaw-Wen Chang; Chen-Jung Wu; Yi-Chao Zhou; Yu-Shan Sun; Wei-Liang Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0206812

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Body fat has stronger associations with bone mass density than body mass index in metabolically healthy obesity

Yuan-Yuei Chen,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital Songshan Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wen-Hui Fang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chung-Ching Wang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Tung-Wei Kao,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yaw-Wen Chang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chen-Jung Wu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Family Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yi-Chao Zhou,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yu-Shan Sun,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wei-Liang Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: weiliang0508@gmail.com

Affiliations Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; and School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0784-230X

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Body fat has stronger associations with bone mass density than body mass index in metabolically healthy obesity

Yuan-Yuei Chen,
Wen-Hui Fang,
Chung-Ching Wang,
Tung-Wei Kao,
Yaw-Wen Chang,
Chen-Jung Wu,
Yi-Chao Zhou,
Yu-Shan Sun,
Wei-Liang Chen

Published: November 8, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206812

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