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Association of birth weight with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis in adult twins.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jun 2003
Antoniades L, MacGregor A J, Andrew T, Spector T D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Twin studies present a unique opportunity to examine the association of birth weight with adult life phenotypes in a design that naturally accounts for maternal factors and a range of early environmental factors, which might potentially bias the association. In this study, we explored the association of birth weight with osteoporosis (OP) and osteoarthritis (OA), in a large national cohort of female...
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