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The genetic, environmental and phenotypic correlations of bone phenotypes at the spine and hip in Chinese.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Wang Yan-Bo, Lei Shu-Feng, Dvornyk Volodymyr, Sun Xiao, Jiang De-Ke, Li Miao-Xin, Deng Hong-Wen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral content (BMC), and bone size have been widely studied individually as important risk factors for osteoporotic fracture, but little is known about the correlation and the degree of sharing genetic and environmental factors between the pairs of the three phenotypes. AIM: The study investigated genetic correlation (rhoG), environmental correlation (rhoE) and...
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