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A four-stage approach was applied. We first performed genome-wide association analyses of the BMD and hip geometry traits in the Framingham Osteoporosis Study as a discovery stage (I) and replicated the top findings by meta-analysis (II), with a subsequent assessment of the functional relevance of the replicated findings (III and IV).
