Osteoporosis
Research from J. Yasovanthi et al Broadens Understanding of Osteoporosis
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 28th, 2011
2011 APR 28 -- According to recent research published in the journal Clinica Chimica Acta, "Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disorder with a strong genetic component and vitamin D receptor gene has been suggested as a candidate gene for osteoporosis. Therefore the present study was aimed to investigate the role of the VDR Fok 1 gene polymorphism and its influence on vitamin D3 levels and BMD in pre- and postmenopausal osteoporotic women of Indian ethnicity."
"427osteoporotic women and 460 age matched controls were included in the study. VDR FOK1 gene polymorphism was assessed by the PCR-RFLP method. Serum vitamin D3 was measured by the HPLC method....
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