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Contribution of a common variant in the promoter of the 1-α-hydroxylase gene (CYP27B1) to fracture risk in the elderly.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Feb 2011
Clifton-Bligh Roderick J, Nguyen Tuan V, Au Amy, Bullock Martyn, Cameron Ian, Cumming Robert, Chen Jian Sheng, March Lyn M, Seibel Markus J, Sambrook Philip N
Abstract excerpt
CYP27B1 encodes mitochondrial 1α-hydroxylase, which converts 25-hydroxyvitamin D to its active 1,25-dihydroxylated metabolite. We tested the hypothesis that common variants in the CYP27B1 promoter are associated with fracture risk. The study was designed as a population-based genetic association study, which involved 153 men and 596 women aged 65-101 years, who had been followed for 2.2 years (range 0.1-5.5)...
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