sentence: We do not confirm the previously reported suggestive association with DXA hip area at the PLCL1 gene ( P ≥ 0.70 ) , or lumbar spine area at the HMGN3 gene ( P ≥ 0.56 ) , whereas our association of rs143384 in the 5 ’ UTR of GDF5 with area of both lumbar spine and hip is the same as the previous suggestive association with lumbar spine area ( r = 0.78 ) .