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Thyroid Stimulating Hormone and Bone Mineral Density: Evidence From a Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study and a Candidate Gene Association Study.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Jul 2018
van Vliet Nicolien A, Noordam Raymond, van Klinken Jan B, Westendorp Rudi Gj, Bassett Jh Duncan, Williams Graham R, van Heemst Diana
Abstract excerpt
With population aging, prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) and associated fracture risk are increased. To determine whether low circulating thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels within the normal range are causally related to BMD, we conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study. Furthermore, we tested whether common genetic variants in the TSH receptor (TSHR) gene and genetic variants...
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