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Associations of Serum Osteocalcin and Polymorphisms of the Osteocalcin Gene with Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal and Elderly Chinese Women.
Journal of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics - 1 Jan 2016
Zhang Xiao-Ya, He Jin-Wei, Fu Wen-Zhen, Liu Yu-Juan, Zhang Zhen-Lin
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BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were: (1) to evaluate the association of serum osteocalcin with bone mineral density (BMD) and markers of bone metabolism in postmenopausal and elderly Chinese women, and (2) to observe the relationships of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in and around the osteocalcin gene with osteocalcin and BMD. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 725 postmenopausal...
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