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ba0005oc5.5 | Risk factors for fracture, Pagets disease of bone and musle and bone | ECTS2016

The relationship between muscle strength and bone outcomes in ageing UK men

Zengin Ayse , Pye Stephen R , Cook Michael J , Adams Judith E , Wu Frederick C W , O'Neill Terrence W , Ward Kate A

Morbidity and mortality are associated with osteoporosis and sarcopenia. There are few data describing the associations between functional measures of muscle and bone. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the associations of muscle strength and tibial bone outcomes in ageing men.Men (n=301) aged 40–85 years were recruited in UK (201-White, 43-Black, 57-South-Asian). pQCT was performed at the 38 and 66% tibia with the outcome meas...