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ArticleEndocrine connections2020

A meta-analysis of VDR polymorphisms and postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Lijuan Fu, Jinhuan Ma, Sumei Yan, Qijun Si

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Article in Endocrine connections, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Lijuan FuDepartment of Laboratory, Changyi People's Hospital of Shandong Province, Changyi, Shandong, China.
Jinhuan MaDepartment of Laboratory, Changyi Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Shandong Province, Changyi, Shandong, China.
Sumei YanDepartment of Obstetrics, Changyi Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Shandong Province, Changyi, Shandong, China.
Qijun SiDepartment of Laboratory, Zhuji Affiliated Hospital of Shaoxing University, Zhuji, Zhejiang, China.
Linyi People's Hospital · CNShaoxing University · CN

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Abstract

Background: Whether polymorphisms in VDR gene affect the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis or not remain unclear. Thus, the authors performed a meta-analysis to more robustly assess associations between polymorphisms in VDR gene and the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis by integrating the results of previous literature. Methods: Medline, Embase, Wanfang, VIP and CNKI were searched comprehensively for eligible literature, and 67 genetic association studies were finally selected to be included in this meta-analysis. Results: We found that ApaI rs7975232 (dominant comparison: OR = 0.77, P = 0.007; allele comparison: OR = 0.81, P = 0.04), BsmI rs1544410 (dominant comparison: OR = 0.69, P = 0.002; allele comparison: OR = 0.78, P = 0.008) and TaqI rs731236 (recessive comparison: OR = 1.32 , P = 0.01) polymorphisms were significantly associated with the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Caucasians, whereas FokI rs10735810 polymorphism was significantly associated with the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Asians (dominant comparison: OR = 0.61, P = 0.0001; recessive comparison: OR = 2.02, P = 0.001; allele comparison: OR = 0.68, P = 0.002). Conclusions: This meta-analysis shows that ApaI rs7975232, BsmI rs1544410 and TaqI rs731236 polymorphisms may affect the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Caucasians, while BsmI rs1544410 polymorphism may affect the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Asians.

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gene polymorphismsmeta-analysispostmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP)vitamin D receptor (VDR)

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