id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_fn5e4qmje5dl3aee3xrq2xtmym Lillian B. Brown Genetic and environmental influences on bone mineral density in pre- and post-menopausal women 2005.0 8 .pdf application/pdf 5951 482 60 contributing to variation in BMD, we studied 570 women from large Amish families. of the total variation in BMD in pre-menopausal women mass and bone loss, we evaluated the genetic and environmental contributions to BMD in women before and genetic variation in pre-menopausal women is due primarily to genetic determinants of peak bone mass, while genetic variation in post-menopausal women is due to bone mass), but in addition a separate genetic contribution, albeit modest, to BMD in post-menopausal genetic effects in preand post-menopausal women allow the genetic variances in pre-menopausal and postmenopausal BMD to differ. genetic effect of BMD in post-menopausal women [31]. or suite of genes contributes to variance in BMD in preand post-menopausal women. variation in BMD in preand post-menopausal women, These results are probably related to the fact that variation in BMD in the post-menopausal group is influenced both by factors affecting peak bone mass and ./cache/work_fn5e4qmje5dl3aee3xrq2xtmym.pdf ./txt/work_fn5e4qmje5dl3aee3xrq2xtmym.txt