title: Osteoporosis and heredity.
abstract: A retrospective epidemiological study was performed to determine whether postmenopausal osteoporosis is a hereditary condition. Frequency of fractures was calculated in women whose mothers had suffered vertebral fractures after a low-energy trauma three decades earlier. The frequency of fractures was compared to the frequency in an age-matched control group. The daughters of the osteoporotic women were not more prone to sustain fractures than the controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Malmö General Hospital, University of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gärdsell
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lindberg
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Obrant
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D013548:Sweden