“…Lumbar spine aBMD by DXA . Lumbar spine aBMD measured by DXA was reported in 56 studies [ 20 – 22 , 52 , 54 , 56 , 59 – 61 , 67 – 72 , 78 , 81 , 84 , 85 , 87 – 89 , 92 – 94 , 97 , 100 , 103 , 106 – 108 , 110 , 112 – 115 , 118 , 120 , 121 , 124 , 126 , 128 , 130 – 132 , 134 , 135 , 142 – 144 , 148 , 150 – 153 , 163 , 167 , 173 , 177 – 181 ], including 29,420 participants. Obesity was associated with increased lumbar spine aBMD in postmenopausal women (n = 27: MD = 0.07 g/cm 2 , 95% CI: 0.05, 0.09, P<0.00001, I 2 = 92%), premenopausal women (n = 17: MD = 0.07 g/cm 2 , 95% CI: 0.04, 0.09, P<0.0001, I 2 = 90%), men (n = 8: MD = 0.06 g/cm 2 , 95% CI: 0.04, 0.08, P<0.00001, I 2 = 48%), and in studies combining men and women (n = 12: MD = 0.06 g/cm 2 , 95% CI: 0.03, 0.08, P<0.00001, I 2 = 93%) ( ...…”