In healthy men, early decline in trabecular bone mineral density is, in part, related to decreases in sex steroids

• Thiberiu Banica,
• Charlotte Verroken,
• Hans-Georg Zmierczak,
• Stefan Goemaere,
• Jean-Marc Kaufman,
• Bruno Lapauw

Affiliations

Thiberiu Banica

Corresponding author.; Ghent University, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases- Department of Endocrinology- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Charlotte Verroken

Ghent University, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases- Department of Endocrinology- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Hans-Georg Zmierczak

Ghent University, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases- Department of Endocrinology- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Stefan Goemaere

Ghent University, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases- Department of Endocrinology- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Jean-Marc Kaufman

Ghent University, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases- Department of Endocrinology- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Bruno Lapauw

Ghent University, Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases- Department of Endocrinology- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium