Citation

Gärdsell P, Lindberg H, Obrant KJ. Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. 1989; ePub(240): 164-167.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Malmö General Hospital, University of Lund, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Springer)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2917430

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.

Language: en