Reference ranges for vertebral heights and prevalence of asymptomatic (undiagnosed) vertebral fracture in Vietnamese men and womenLan T Ho-Pham
Department of Internal Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Thanh Thai Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Arch Osteoporos 7:257-66. 2012
..Based on quantitative measurements of vertebral heights, the prevalence of undiagnosed vertebral fracture in Vietnamese men and women aged 50 years and older was 23 and 26 %, respectively...
Vegetarianism, bone loss, fracture and vitamin D: a longitudinal study in Asian vegans and non-vegansL T Ho-Pham
Department of Internal Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Eur J Clin Nutr 66:75-82. 2012
..The effect of vegan diet on bone loss has not been studied. The aim of this study was to examine the association between veganism and bone loss in postmenopausal women...
- Similarity in percent body fat between white and Vietnamese women: implication for a universal definition of obesity
Lan T Ho-Pham
Department of Internal Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1242-6. 2010
..80). Although white women had greater BMI, body weight, and FM than Vietnamese women, their PBF was virtually identical. Further research is required to derive a more appropriate BMI threshold for defining obesity for Asian women...
Contributions of lean mass and fat mass to bone mineral density: a study in postmenopausal womenLan T Ho-Pham
Department of Internal Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, 86 2 Thanh Thai St, Ward 12, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:59. 2010
..The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that lean mass is a better determinant of BMD than fat mass...
- Vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone in a urban population in Vietnam
L T Ho-Pham
Department of Internal Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Thanh Thai Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Osteoporos Int 22:241-8. 2011
..There was a linear inverse relationship between serum 25(OH)D and PTH concentrations, but there was no threshold of 25(OH)D at which PTH levels plateaued...
- Association between vitamin D insufficiency and tuberculosis in a Vietnamese population
Lan T Ho-Pham
Department of Internal Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Thanh Thai Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
BMC Infect Dis 10:306. 2010
..This study sought to examine the association between vitamin D status, parathyroid hormone (PTH) and the risk of TB in a Vietnamese population...
- Reference ranges for bone mineral density and prevalence of osteoporosis in Vietnamese men and women
Lan T Ho-Pham
Department of Internal Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, 86 2 Thanh Thai Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:182. 2011
..The aim of this study was to examine the effect of different reference ranges in bone mineral density on the diagnosis of osteoporosis...
- Veganism, bone mineral density, and body composition: a study in Buddhist nuns
L T Ho-Pham
Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Osteoporos Int 20:2087-93. 2009
..This cross-sectional study showed that, although vegans had lower dietary calcium and protein intakes than omnivores, veganism did not have adverse effect on bone mineral density and did not alter body composition...
