Association of plasma carnitine levels with bone mineral density and recent osteoporotic fracture
Carnitine was not associated with BMD but was negatively associated with osteoporotic fracture. The low carnitine levels among fracture cases may be due to the post-fracture inflammatory and catabolic stress.
Authors
- William D. Leslie
- Bo Kan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-7447)
- Chaoho Ouyang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9638-0890)
- Lisa Marie Lix (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8685-3212)
- Xinwei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4823-6977)
- Xiaohua Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-6013)
- Yongliang Du
- Zhaoyue Shang
- Yanlin Duan
Institutions
- Jilin University (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University (CN)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- Jinzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1664866
- Primary Topic
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00