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Complex segregation analyses of bone mineral density in Chinese.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Mar 2004
Liu P Y, Qin Y J, Zhou Q, Recker R R, Deng H W
Abstract excerpt
China has the largest population in the world; approximately 7% of the total population suffers from primary osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is mainly characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD). In the present study, familial correlation and segregation analyses for spine and hip BMDs have been undertaken for the first time in a Chinese sample composed of 401 nuclear families with a total of 1260 individuals. The...
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