Article
Association of Polymorphisms in RANK and RANKL Genes with Osteopenia in Arab Postmenopausal Women.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2020
Abdi Saba, Bukhari Ihtisham, Ansari Mohammed G A, BinBaz Rawan A, Mohammed Abdul Khader, Hussain Syed Danish, Aljohani Naji, Al-Daghri Nasser M
Abstract excerpt
The RANKL/RANK/OPG pathway regulates bone remodelling and turnover. However, the genetic background of bone mineral density (BMD) and osteopenia in Saudi postmenopausal women is yet to be studied. We studied the genetic polymorphism of RANKL/RANK/OPG with BMD and other associated factors in Saudi postmenopausal osteopenic women. A total of 439 (223 osteopenia and 216 control) postmenopausal women were recruited...
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