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Bone loss predicts subsequent cognitive decline in older women: the study of osteoporotic fractures.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Jan 2003
Lui Li-Yung, Stone Katie, Cauley Jane A, Hillier Teresa, Yaffe Kristine
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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the rate of bone loss predicts subsequent cognitive decline independently of baseline bone mass and whether apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype explains the association. DESIGN: A prospective cohort study. SETTING: Clinical centers in Baltimore, Maryland; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Portland, Oregon. PARTICIPANTS: Four thousand four hundred sixty-two women...
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