Table 1. Studies with reported associations between serum Fet-A and BMD.

Source	Cohort	N	Association between BMD and serum fet-A
Fink et al.47	Individuals aged >65 years	4714	No association with BMD after full multivariate adjustment.
Chailurkit et al.103	Healthy elderly women	82	High fet-A was associated with increased L2–4 BMD, but not associated with femoral neck BMD
Ix et al.104	Healthy individuals aged 70–79 years	508	High fet-A was associated with increased BMD across different sites in women. No significant association was detected in men.
Kirkpantur et al.105	Haemodialysis patients	72	High fet-A was associated with increased BMD across different sites except for lumbar vertebrae.
Fiore et al.106	Patients with established atherosclerosis	90	No association with BMD
Wilund et al.107	Sedentary older adults	12	No association with BMD
Avila et al.108	Prevalent female dialysis patients	197	Patients with a T score >−1.0 had higher fet-A compared with those with a T score ⩽−1.0.
Sari and Uslu109	Postmenopausal women	90	Positive association with lumbar and femoral BMD
Sritara et al.110	Healthy volunteers	1741	No association with BMD

Abbreviations: BMD, bone mineral density; fet-A, fetuin-A.