Researchers discover age of onset of puberty predicts adult osteoporosis risk
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
A team of researchers led by Vicente Gilsanz, MD, PhD, director of Clinical Imaging at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, determined that the onset of puberty was the primary influence on adult bone mineral density, or bone strength. Length of puberty did not affect bone density.