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Effects of gender and age on the association of apolipoprotein E epsilon4 with bone mineral density, bone turnover and the risk of fractures in older people.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA - 1 Sept 2002
Pluijm S M F, Dik M G, Jonker C, Deeg D J H, van Kamp G J, Lips P
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to examine whether the presence of apolipoprotein E epsilon4 (ApoE epsilon4) is associated with a lower bone mineral density (BMD), lower quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measurements, higher bone turnover and fracture risk, and whether these relations are modified by gender and age. A total of 1406 elderly men and women (> or =65 years) of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA)...
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