Heritability of BMD of Femoral Neck and Lumbar Spine: A Multivariate Twin Study of Finnish Men

Videman, Tapio; Levälahti, Esko; Battié, Michele C; Simonen, Riitta; Vanninen, Esko; Kaprio, Jaakko

doi:10.1359/jbmr.070606

Heritability of BMD of Femoral Neck and Lumbar Spine: A Multivariate Twin Study of Finnish Men

Of the 80% variation in BMD among male twins that is caused by genetics, part was explained by genetic influences on lifting strength and lean body mass/height. Lifting strength was significant in both the femoral and spine BMD and body weight only for lumbar BMD. Introduction: The dominant role …