Lack of association between vitamin D receptor genes BsmI as well as ApaI polymorphisms and osteoporosis risk: A pooled analysis on Chinese individuals.

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BACKGROUND: As for the association between vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and osteoporosis, the current results have yielded conflicts. Therefore, we performed a pooled analysis based on Chinese individuals to provide comprehensive data on the association between VDR BsmI, ApaI, Tru9I polymorphisms and osteoporosis risk. METHODS: Studies were identified using PubMed, Springer Link, Ovid, Chinese...

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