Association between a literature-based genetic risk score and bone mineral density of African American women in Women Health Initiative Study | Zendy

Xiangxue Xiao | Zendy; Qing Wu | Zendy

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Association between a literature-based genetic risk score and bone mineral density of African American women in Women Health Initiative Study

Author(s) -

Xiangxue Xiao,

Qing Wu

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

osteoporosis international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28

H-Index - 170

eISSN - 1433-2965

pISSN - 0937-941X

DOI - 10.1007/s00198-019-05244-8

Subject(s) - medicine , femoral neck , single nucleotide polymorphism , bone mineral , imputation (statistics) , osteoporosis , genome wide association study , demography , cohort , genetic association , oncology , genotype , genetics , biology , gene , machine learning , sociology , missing data , computer science

Genetic risk of low BMD in African American women remains unclear. Based on SNPs discovered from a predominantly Caucasian sample, genetic profile was summarized and was found to be significantly associated with BMD variation in African American women.

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