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Bone mineral density-associated polymorphisms are associated with obesity-related traits in Korean adults in a sex-dependent manner.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Cha Seongwon, Yu Hyunjoo, Kim Jong Yeol
Abstract excerpt
Obesity and osteoporosis share common physiological factors, including the presence of atherosclerosis, a risk factor for cardiometabolic disease, as well as a common progenitor that differentiates into both adipocytes and osteoblasts. Among the 23 polymorphisms associated with bone mineral density (BMD) in recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs), an Osterix polymorphism has been identified and associated...
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