Relatively higher bone formation markers during puberty are correlated with more bone mass accrual independent of longitudinal growth in boys

• Thiberiu Banica,
• Sara Vandewalle,
• Hans-Georg Zmierczak,
• Stefan Goemaere,
• Jean De Schepper,
• Jean-Marc Kaufman,
• Bruno Lapauw

Affiliations

Thiberiu Banica

Corresponding author.; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Research group Endocrinology, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Sara Vandewalle

Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Research group Endocrinology, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Hans-Georg Zmierczak

Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Research group Endocrinology, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Stefan Goemaere

Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Research group Endocrinology, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Jean De Schepper

Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Research group Endocrinology, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Jean-Marc Kaufman

Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Research group Endocrinology, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Bruno Lapauw

Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Research group Endocrinology, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium