“…Once identified, observational studies began to report that BMAT is often inversely associated with bone mineral density (BMD). For example, this relationship has consistently been demonstrated during aging (Shen et al, 2014), post-menopausal osteoporosis (Shen et al, 2014), anorexia nervosa (Bredella et al, 2009), as well as during obesity (Elia, 2012;Rinonapoli et al, 2021;Ali et al, 2022). In these scenarios, patients often present with an increase in BMAT along with a decrease in bone mass or BMD (93).…”