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Change of BMD after weaning or resumption of menstruation in Chinese women with different FokI VDR-genotypes: a randomized, placebo-controlled, calcium supplementation trial.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Jun 2011
Yu Bo, Wu Hongying, Li Fang, Gong Jie, Zhou Dunjin, Zhang Zhifeng, Yang Xiaoguang, Huang Zhenwu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of calcium supplementation on bone mineral density (BMD) in Chinese women with different FokI vitamin D receptor (VDR) genotypes (FF, Ff, and ff) after weaning or resumption of menstruation during lactation. METHODS: A total of 40 subjects with the same FokI VDR genotype were randomly divided into two groups: one received calcium tablet (600 mg once daily as CaCO(3)) and the...
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