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Effects of the Cdx-2 polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor gene and lifestyle factors on bone mineral density in a representative sample of Japanese women: the Japanese Population-based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Study.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Dec 2005
Morita A, Iki M, Dohi Y, Ikeda Y, Kagamimori S, Kagawa Y, Yoneshima H
Abstract excerpt
Using a large-scale representative sample of the Japanese female population, we examined the effects of a single nucleotide polymorphism within a binding site of Cdx-2 in the promoter region of the vitamin D receptor gene on bone mineral density (BMD), and the interactions between this polymorphism and lifestyle factors on BMD. Fifty women were randomly selected from each of the 5-year age-stratified populations...
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