Interpretation of Bone Mineral Density Z-Scores by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Prior to Gender-Affirming Medical Therapy

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; Endocrine and Metabolism Section, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, United States. Electronic address: janet.lee@ucsf.edu.
• ² Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
• ³ University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA, United States.
• ⁴ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
• ⁵ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
• ⁶ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; Endocrine and Metabolism Section, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, United States; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
• ⁷ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
• ⁸ Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA, United States.