National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [81503627]; First-class Discipline Open Fund of Chinese Medicine [2018ZYX02]; Scientific Research Project of Hunan Provincial Department of Education [18K070]
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院系归属:
中医学院
摘要:
A meta-analysis was performed to explore the association of coronary artery disease (CAD) with bone mineral density (BMD). Low BMD was not found to be associated with prevalence of CAD. Though the BMD of CADs is significantly lower than that of non-CADs, the confounding effect of aging could not be excluded as CADs might be more prevalent in older patients. PURPOSE/INTRODUCTION: The clinical association of coronary artery disease (CAD) with bone mineral density (BMD) has been increasingly reported, but findings on the relationship between the two age-related processes are conflicting. The aim ...