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Dietary Acid Load, IGF-1 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Bone Resorption among Postmenopausal Chinese Women.
Nutrients - 17 Jul 2018
Lim Sook Yee, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Chin Yit Siew, Ramachandran Vasudevan, Chan Yoke Mun
Abstract excerpt
The interaction of dietary and genetic factors may affect the development of bone deterioration. This study investigated whether the effects of dietary acid load (DAL) on bone loss in postmenopausal Chinese women were moderated by the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) single nucleotide polymorphism, a known gene that plays a role in the regulation of bone formation and bone remodeling. A total of 217 healthy...
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