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ba0005p338 | Osteoporosis: pathophysiology and epidemiology | ECTS2016

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with postmenopausal osteoporosis

Moon Seong-Su , Lee Young-Sil , Kim Taekyoon

Osteoporosis is known to be associated with metabolic diseases characterized by insulin resistance, such as central obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is also increased in such insulin resistant conditions. However, little is known about whether osteoporosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are etiologically related to each other or not. We investigated whether bone mineral density(BMD) is associated with NAFLD in pre- and ...