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Familial resemblance and shared latent familial variance in recurrent fall risk in older women.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 May 2010
Faulkner Kimberly A, Cauley Jane A, Roth Stephen M, Kammerer Candace, Stone Katie, Hillier Teresa A, Ensrud Kristine E, Hochberg Marc, Nevitt Michael C, Zmuda Joseph M
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BACKGROUND: A possible familial component to fracture risk may be mediated through a genetic liability to fall recurrently. METHODS: Our analysis sample included 186 female sibling-ships (n=401) of mean age 71.9 yr (SD=5.0). Using variance component models, we estimated residual upper-limit herit...
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