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Genetic determination and correlation of body mass index and bone mineral density at the spine and hip in Chinese Han ethnicity.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA - 1 Jan 2006
Deng Fei-Yan, Lei Shu-Feng, Li Miao-Xin, Jiang Cheng, Dvornyk Volodymyr, Deng Hong-Wen
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the magnitude of genetic determination of spine and hip bone mineral density (BMD) and body mass index (BMI), and to explore the genetic, environmental, and phenotypic correlations among the above phenotypes in Chinese Han ethnicity. The sample was composed of at least 217 complete nuclear families in Chinese Han ethnicity. BMD at the spine and hip was measured...
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