Meta-analysis of association between IL-6 -634C/G polymorphism and osteoporosis.

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Osteoporosis is a common disease in the aging population and studies have shown that interleukin-6 (IL-6) is potentially implicated in its pathogenesis. This study was designed to assess the association between the IL-6 gene -634C/G polymorphism and osteoporosis. PubMed, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang databases were searched for eligible studies published up to and including December...

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• Asian People
• Bone Density
• Femur Neck
• Gene Expression
• Interleukin-6