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Trial reportJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2017

Epigenome-wide Association of DNA Methylation in Whole Blood With Bone Mineral Density.

John A Morris, Pei-Chien Tsai, Roby Joehanes, Jie Zheng, Katerina Trajanoska, Mette Soerensen, Vincenzo Forgetta, Juan Edgar Castillo-Fernandez, Morten Frost, Tim D Spector and 9 more

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled TrialTwin Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Changes in bone mineral density in Down syndrome individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022
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  5. Analysis of Epigenome-Wide Association Studies.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  6. Hypomethylation of theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. Epigenetic regulation of bone mass.Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism · 2022
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  17. Skeletal Aging and Osteoporosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  20. The Role of Epigenomics in Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

John A MorrisDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Pei-Chien TsaiDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK.
Roby JoehanesInstitute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA, USA.
Jie ZhengMRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Katerina TrajanoskaDepartments of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Mette SoerensenThe Danish Twin Registry and The Danish Aging Research Center, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Biodemography, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Vincenzo ForgettaLady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Juan Edgar Castillo-FernandezDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK.
Morten FrostEndocrine Research Unit, KMEB, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Tim D SpectorDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK.
Kaare ChristensenThe Danish Twin Registry and The Danish Aging Research Center, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Biodemography, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Lene ChristiansenThe Danish Twin Registry and The Danish Aging Research Center, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Biodemography, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Fernando RivadeneiraDepartments of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Jonathan H TobiasMRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
David M EvansMRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Douglas P KielInstitute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA, USA.
Yi-Hsiang HsuInstitute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA, USA.
J Brent RichardsDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Jordana T BellDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK.

Funding

RISK FACTORS FOR VERTEBRAL FRACTURE AND BONE LOSSR01AR041398 · NIAMS · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL (PROVIDENCE, RI) · PI KIEL, DOUGLAS P. · 1991 to 2025
$16.1M
Medical Research Council G9815508Medical Research Council MC_PC_15018Medical Research Council MC_UU_12013/2Medical Research Council MC_UU_12013/4NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR041398Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic and environmental determinants of skeletal phenotypes such as bone mineral density (BMD) may converge through the epigenome, providing a tool to better understand osteoporosis pathophysiology. Because the epigenetics of BMD have been largely unexplored in humans, we performed an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of BMD. We undertook a large-scale BMD EWAS using the Infinium HumanMethylation450 array to measure site-specific DNA methylation in up to 5515 European-descent individuals (N

Indexed as

Bone DensityCpG IslandsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticTwinsBlood CellsFemaleFemur NeckGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleBONE MINERAL DENSITYDNA METHYLATIONEPIGENETICSEPIGENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY (EWAS)GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

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PMID28394087
PMCPMC5615229

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