Response to “Red Cell Distribution Width Is a Risk Factor for Hip Fracture in Elderly Men Without Anemia”

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Kyoung Min Kim, Li-Yung Lui, Jane A Cauley, Kristine E Ensrud, Eric S Orwoll, John T Schousboe, and Steven R Cummings, The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Research Group San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin, South Korea Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA Park Nicollet Clinic and HealthPartners Institute, Bloomington, MN, USA University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA