Genetic and environmental contributions to the association between quantitative ultrasound and bone mineral density measurements: A twin study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1318-1327

  Howard, Gabrielle M ^a   Nguyen, Tuan V ^a   Harris, Mark ^a   Kelly, Paul J ^a   Eisman, John A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031856655     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.8.1318     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Hui SL, Slemenda CW, Johnston CJ 1988 Age and bone mass as predictors of fracture in a prospective study. J Clin Invest 81:1804-1809.
2. Nguyen T, Sambrook P, Kelly P, Jones G, Lord S, Freund J, Eisman J 1993 Prediction of osteoporotic fractures by postural instability and bone density. BMJ 307:1111-1115.
3. Melton LJ III, Atkinson EJ, O'Fallon WM, Wahner HW, Riggs BL 1993 Long-term fracture prediction by bone mineral assessed at different skeletal sites. J Bone Miner Res 8:1227-1233.
4. Cummings SR, Black DM, Nevitt MC, Browner W, Cauley J, Ensrud K, Genant HK, Palermo L, Scott J, Vogt TM 1993 Bone density at various sites for prediction of hip fractures. Lancet 341:72-75.
5. Kaufman JJ, Einhorn TA 1993 Perspectives: Ultrasound assessment of bone. J Bone Miner Res 8:517-525.
6. Bauer DC, Glüer CC, Cauley JA, Vogt TM, Ensrud KE, Genant HK, Black DM 1997 Bone ultrasound predicts fractures strongly and independently of densitometry in older women: A prospective study. Arch Intern Med 157:629-634.
7. Glüer CC, Cummings SR, Bauer DC, Stone K, Pressman A, Mathur A, Genant HK 1996 Osteoporosis: Association of recent fractures with quantitative US findings. Radiology 199:725-732.
8. Bauer DC, Glüer CC, Genant HK, Stone K 1995 Quantitative ultrasound and vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women. J Bone Miner Res 10:353-358.
9. Ross P, Huang C, Davis J, Imose K, Yates J, Vogel J, Wasnich R 1995 Predicting verterbal deformity using bone densitometry at various skeletal sites and calcaneus ultrasound. Bone 16:325-332.
10. Heaney RP, Avioli LV, Chesnut CH III, Lappe J, Recker RR, Brandenburger GH 1995 Ultrasound velocity through bone predicts incident vertebral deformity. J Bone Miner Res 10:341-345.
11. Hans D, Dargent-Molina P, Schott AM, Sebert JL, Cormier C, Kotzki PO, Delmas PD, Pouilles JM, Breart G, Meunier PJ 1996 Ultrasonographic heel measurements to predict hip fracture in elderly women: The EPIDOS prospective study. Lancet 348:511-514.
12. Pocock NA, Eisman JA, Hopper JL, Yeates MG, Sambrook PN, Eberl S 1987 Genetic determinants of bone mass in adults: A twin study. J Clin Invest 80:706-710.
13. Arden NK, Baker J, Hogg C, Baan K, Spector TD 1996 The heritability of bone mineral density, ultrasound of the calcaneus and hip axis length: A study of postmenopausal twins. J Bone Miner Res 11:530-534.
14. Dequeker J, Nijs J, Verstraeten A, Geusens P, Gevers G 1987 Genetic determinants of bone mineral content at the spine and radius: A twin study. Bone 8:207-209.
15. Flicker L, Hopper JL, Rodgers L, Kaymakci B, Green RM, Wark J 1995 Bone density determinants in elderly women: A twin study. J Bone Miner Res 10:1607-1613.
16. Slemenda CW, Christian JC, Williams CJ, Norton JA, Johnston CJ 1991 Genetic determinants of bone mass in adult women: A reevaluation of the twin model and the potential importance of gene interaction on heritability estimates. J Bone Miner Res 6:561-567.
17. Nguyen TV, Howard GM, Kelly PJ, Eisman JA 1998 Bone mass, lean mass and fat mass: Same genes or same environmemts. Am J Epidemiol 147:3-16.
18. Roux C, Fournier B, Laugier P, Chappard C, Kolta S, Dougados M, Berger G 1996 Broadband ultrasound attenuation imaging: A new imaging method in osteoporosis. J Bone Miner Res 11:1112-1118.
19. McCloskey EV, Murray SA, Miller C, Charlesworth D, Tindale W, O'Doherty DP, Bickerstaff DR, Hamdy NA, Kanis JA 1990 Broadband ultrasound attenuation in the os calcis: Relationship to bone mineral at other skeletal sites. Clin Sci 78:227-233.
20. Glüer CC, Vahlensieck M, Faulkner KG, Engelke K, Black D, Genant HK 1992 Site-matched calcaneal measurements of broad-band ultrasound attenuation and single X-ray absorptiometry: Do they measure different skeletal properties? J Bone Miner Res 7:1071-1079.
21. Hrubec Z, Robinette C 1984 The study of human twins in medicine and research. N Engl J Med 310:320-339.
22. Nguyen TV, Sambrook PN, Eisman JA 1997 Source of variability in bone density: Implication for study design and analysis. J Bone Miner Res 12:124-135.
23. Howard GM, Nguyen TV, Pocock NA, Kelly PJ, Eisman JA 1997 Influence of handedness on calcaneal ultrasound: Implication for assessment of osteoporosis and study design. Osteoporos Int 7:190-194.
24. Myers RH 1986 Classical and Modern Regression with Applications. Duxbury Press, Boston, MA, U.S.A., pp. 204-207.
25. Donner A, Koval JJ 1980 The estimation of interclass correlation in the analysis of family data. Biometrics 36:19-25.
26. Heath A, Neale M, Hewitt J, Eaves L, Fulker D 1989 Testing structural equation models for twin data using LISREL. Behav Genet 19:9-36.
27. Neale MC, Miller MB 1997 The use of likelihood-based confidence intervals in genetic models. Behav Gen 27:113-120.
28. Neale MC, Cardon L 1992 Methodology for Genetic Studies of Twin and Families. Kluwar Academic, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
29. Harris RJ 1975 A Primer of Multivariate Statistics. Academic Press, New York, NY, U.S.A., pp. 205-220.
30. Neale MC 1997 Mx: Statistical Modelling, 4th Ed. Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
31. SAS Institute Inc 1990 SAS/SAT User's Guide, release 6.03. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, U.S.A.
32. Kleerekoper M, Villanueva AR, Stanciu J, Rao DS, Parfitt AM 1985 The role of three-dimensional trabecular micro-structure in the pathogenesis of vertebral compression fractures. Calcif Tissue Int 37:594-597.
33. Hayes WC, Piazza SJ, Zysset PK 1991 Biomechanics of fracture risk prediction of the hip and spine by quantitative computed tomography. Radiol Clin N Am 29:1-18.
34. Recker RR 1989 Low bone mass may not be the only cause of skeletal fragility in osteoporosis. Proc Soc Biol Med 191:272-274.
35. Graafmans WC, Lingen A, Ooms ME, Bezemer PD, Lips P 1996 Ultrasound measurements in the calcaneous: Precision and its relation with bone mineral density of the heel, hip and lumbar spine. Bone 19:97-100.