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Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 29 Aug 2018
Trajanoska Katerina, Morris John A, Oei Ling, Zheng Hou-Feng, Evans David M, Kiel Douglas P, Ohlsson Claes, Richards J Brent, Rivadeneira Fernando
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OBJECTIVES: To identify the genetic determinants of fracture risk and assess the role of 15 clinical risk factors on osteoporotic fracture risk. DESIGN: Meta-analysis of genome wide association studies (GWAS) and a two-sample mendelian randomisation approach. SETTING: 25 cohorts from Europe, United States, east Asia, and Australia with genome wide genotyping and fracture data. PARTICIPANTS: A discovery set of...
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