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Aug 2026
Life course adiposity and risk of incident osteoporosis: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank
Introduction Adiposity across the life course may influence osteoporosis (OP) risk, yet the relative contributions of early-life and adult adiposity, their trajectories, and underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Methods We analyzed 357,903 participants from the UK Biobank with a median follow-up of 15.7 years...
Hui-Min Liu, Ji-Cun Zhu, Qiang Zhang et al.
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