Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29708972›Full record

ArticlePloS one2018

Analysis of LCT-13910 genotypes and bone mineral density in ancient skeletal materials.

Barbara Mnich, Anna Elżbieta Spinek, Maciej Chyleński, Aleksandra Sommerfeld, Miroslawa Dabert, Anna Juras, Krzysztof Szostek

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readHistorical Article
In one paragraph

Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The association between theFrontiers in genetics · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Barbara MnichDepartment of Anthropology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
Anna Elżbieta SpinekDepartment of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
Maciej ChyleńskiInstitute of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poznan, Poland.
Aleksandra SommerfeldDepartment of Agriculture and Bioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Miroslawa DabertMolecular Biology Techniques Laboratory, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poznan, Poland.
Anna JurasDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2585-127X
Krzysztof SzostekDepartment of Anthropology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań · PLJagiellonian University · PLPolish Academy of Sciences · PLUniversity of Life Sciences in Poznań · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The relation of LCT-13910 genotypes and bone mineral density (BMD) has been the subject of modern-day human population studies, giving inconsistent results. In the present study we analyze for the first time a relation of LCT-13910 genotypes and BMD in historical skeletal individuals. Ancient population might be a model for testing this association due to elimination of non-natural factors affecting bone density. Among 22 medieval individuals from Sanok churchyard (South-Eastern Poland; dated from XIV to XVII c. AD) we identified 4 individuals with osteoporosis (mean BMD = 0.468 g/cm2, SD = 0.090), 10 individuals with osteopenia (mean BMD = 0.531 g/cm2, SD = 0.066) and 8 individuals with normal BMD values (mean BMD = 0,642 g/cm2, SD = 0.060). Analyses of BMD and LCT-13910 genotypes revealed that mean BMD was the highest (0.583 g/cm2, SD = 0.065) in the individuals with lactose tolerance genotypes (TT and CT). We also found possible association of lower BMD at the radius and CC genotypes due to higher but not statistically significant frequency of osteoporosis in the lactose intolerant group (p = 0.60). Statistically significant correlation was found between BMD and females aged 20-35 years, with tendency to reduce BMD with age (p = 0.02).

Indexed as

Polymorphism, Single NucleotideAdultAnthropologyBone and BonesBone DensityFemaleGenetic MarkersGenotypeHistory, 15th CenturyHistory, 16th CenturyHistory, 17th CenturyHistory, MedievalHumansLactase-Phlorizin HydrolaseLactose IntoleranceMaleGenetic MarkersLactase-Phlorizin HydrolaseMCM6 protein, humanMinichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 6

Identifiers

PMID29708972
PMCPMC5927400
OpenAlexW2800883774

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.