Article
Association between vitamin D deficiency and common variants of Vitamin D binding protein gene among Mexican Mestizo and indigenous postmenopausal women.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Jul 2020
Rivera-Paredez B, Hidalgo-Bravo A, de la Cruz-Montoya A, Martínez-Aguilar M M, Ramírez-Salazar E G, Flores M, Quezada-Sánchez A D, Ramírez-Palacios P, Cid M, Martínez-Hernández A, Orozco L, Denova-Gutiérrez E, Salmerón J, Velázquez-Cruz R
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and polymorphisms in the group-specific component (GC) gene are known to be associated in different populations. However, the effects of such genetic variants may vary across different populations. Thus, the objective of this study was to estimate the association between Vitamin D-Binding Protein (VDBP) haplotypes and VDD in mestizo postmenopausal women and Mexican Amerindian...
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