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Zygosity for each pair was determined by analysis of 20 polymorphic loci, such that the probability of misclassification as monozygous was less than 0.001 [24].
However, insignificant misclassification may exist, since a small percentage of asymptomatic coronary patients may be wrongly assigned to controls, even if they were evaluated by a cardiologist.
The most important limitation of the current study may be the use of self-reported menarcheal age, and the misclassification associated with this recall over several decades may explain the negative findings that have been reported [ 11 ] . Over shorter (<10 years) periods, however, correlations between the first report of menarcheal age (obtained close to the time of menarche) and a subsequent report have generally been high [ 38 ] , with 60% of girls accurately recalling the month and year of menarche [ 39 ] . Among the 1014 girls in the current study who participated in more than one examination after menarche, 73% of the recalled ages (at the first and second reports) differed by one year or less, and only 5% differed by more than two years.
Exposure misclassification may also have affected our results, as we based our analyses on self-reported analgesic use and were not able to independently verify this information.
While these data are more comprehensive than previous studies on this topic, some misclassification error may exist because of intra-person variability or limitations of polysomnographic measurement.
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