… puberty. This study found that differences between the genders in bone adaptation during
puberty … Testosterone seems to have no direct relevant effect on bone during puberty, but may …

… bone mass in prepubertal and pubertal … pubertal subjects in this study is associated with
the sexual dimorphism in periosteal and endocortical bone formation that appears with puberty (…

… delay in female puberty reduces bone mass gain and … effects of weight, lean tissue mass,
and fat mass over BMC are unclear. Lean mass has a strong effect on bone gain during puberty…

… The main determinants of pubertal gain of bone mass are the sex steroids, growth hormone
… The accrual of bone mass during puberty is a major determinant of peak bone mass and, …

… estrogen lowers the bone remodeling threshold, such that females experience a greater
gain in bone mass during puberty compared with males of similar muscle mass. Two studies …

… Indeed, before puberty, no consistent gender difference in bone mass of either the axial
or the appendicular skeleton has been reported [11-16]. There is no evidence for a gender …

… of pubertal maturation to the attainment of peak bone mass. As mentioned above the ‘normal’
range of the age at which pubertal … long term imprinting effects on bone cellular activity and …

… , reduces the confounding effect of bone size, but vBMD remains dependent on age and …
in total skeletal mass of approximately 37–40% [3]. This pubertal increase in bone mass is …

… value had a positive predictive value with all DXA phenotypes, a negative effect was observed
between the age of pubertal onset and all of these measures. The independent reciprocal …

… Men reach a peak bone mass that is 10–15% higher than peak bone mass … mass, as well
as possibly in bone remodeling during a critical period for bone mass increment, that is, puberty…