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Heritability of dietary traits that contribute to nephrolithiasis in a cohort of adult sibships.
Journal of nephrology - 1 Feb 2016
Lieske John C, Turner Stephen T, Edeh Samuel N, Ware Erin B, Kardia Sharon L R, Smith Jennifer A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Kidney stones and their risk factors aggregate in families, yet few studies have estimated the heritability of known risk factors. OBJECTIVE: Estimate the heritability of dietary risk factors for kidney stones. METHODS: Dietary intakes were assessed using the Viocare Food Frequency Questionnaire in sibships enrolled in the Rochester, MN cohort of the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy....
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