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Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2005 Jul 5;16(12):1849–1856. doi: 10.1007/s00198-005-1948-7

Table 3.

Components of variance for BMD

	Pre-menopausal women (n = 318)			Post-menopausal women (n = 252)
BMD site:	Measured covariates	Genetic	Residual environment	Measured covariates	Genetic	Residual environment
Spine	0.111	0.880	0.010	0.261	0.536	0.202
Total hip	0.368	0.632	0.000	0.500	0.408	0.092
Femoral neck	0.383	0.578	0.039	0.424	0.367	0.210

Measured covariates include age, age², height and BMI