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To investigate the relationship between lean mass and clinical bone fractures in elderly Japanese men.

March 14, 2026Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine0 citationsOpen Access

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-measured lean mass and clinical bone fracture in elderly Japanese men: the Fujiwara-kyo Osteoporosis Risk in Men (FORMEN) cohort study

KKKatsuyasu Kouda YFYuki Fujita TTTakahiro Tachiki

Key Points

To investigate the relationship between lean mass and clinical bone fractures in elderly Japanese men.
Cohort study using Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for lean mass measurement.
Participants included elderly Japanese men from the Fujiwara-kyo Osteoporosis Risk in Men cohort.
Clinical outcomes assessed were instances of bone fractures. Firstly, DXA was used to measure appendicular lean mass.
Lean mass was identified as a predictor of future clinical bone fractures.
Elderly men with low skeletal muscle mass showed a higher risk of clinical fractures.
DXA-measured lean mass provides valuable information for fracture management.

Abstract

DXA-based appendicular LM predicts future clinical bone fractures in elderly Japanese men, suggesting that elderly men with low skeletal muscle mass, which can be accurately estimated from appendicular LM, may be prone to future clinical fractures. DXA-measured LM thus provides additional information useful for the management of bone fractures.

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