From the *Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA; †Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA; ‡Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; §Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA; and ¶Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
Acknowledgment date: November 23, 2008. First revision date: January 28, 2009. Second revision date: February 5, 2009. Acceptance date: February 9, 2009.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
Federal and foundation funds were received in support of this work.
No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
Supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study contract (No. N01-HC-25195) for the recruitment, enrollment, and examination of the Offspring and Third Generation Cohorts, and the imaging by computed tomography scan and also L. K. is supported by an Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Grant. Supported by the Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training K12 Program (RMSTP) and National Institutes of Health grant (K12 HD 01097) (to P.S.).
Address correspondence and reprint requests to David J. Hunter, MBBS, PhD, Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, 125 Parker Hill Ave, Boston MA 02120; E-mail: [email protected] or Leonid Kalichman, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; E-mail: [email protected]
