Prediction of bone mineral density from vitamin D receptor polymorphisms is uncertain in representative samples of Japanese Women. The Japanese Population-based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Study | Zendy

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Prediction of bone mineral density from vitamin D receptor polymorphisms is uncertain in representative samples of Japanese Women. The Japanese Population-based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Study

Author(s) -

Akemi Morita

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyh245

Subject(s) - foki , taqi , calcitriol receptor , osteoporosis , bone mineral , genotype , medicine , restriction enzyme , population , restriction fragment length polymorphism , endocrinology , vitamin d and neurology , genetics , polymorphism (computer science) , biology , gene , environmental health

Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms have been inconsistently associated with bone mineral density (BMD). To precisely evaluate the associations between three VDR gene polymorphisms and BMD, we performed a large-scale representative study of the Japanese female population.

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