Inverted U-shaped relationships between bone mineral density and VCTE-quantified degree of hepatic steatosis in adolescents: Evidence from the NHANES

• Shengmao He,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The Affiliated Second Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China

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• Yun Zhang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Traumatic and Pediatric Orthopedics, The Affiliated Second Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China

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• Caixia Tan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Traumatic and Pediatric Orthopedics, The Affiliated Second Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China

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• Wenfu Tan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Traumatic and Pediatric Orthopedics, The Affiliated Second Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5975-3021

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• Bingliang Yin

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

  * E-mail: bingliang_yin@163.com

  Affiliation Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The Affiliated Second Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0266-0752

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