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APOE 4 and hip fracture risk in a community-based study of older adults.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Nov 1999
Johnston J M, Cauley J A, Ganguli M
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether the APOE 4 allele was associated with increased risk of hip fracture in an older community-based sample and whether such an increased risk was independent of dementia and history of falling. DESIGN: Case-control study nested within a prospective community study. SETTING: The Monongahela Valley Independent Elders Survey (MoVIES), an ongoing prospective community study of older...
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