The Human Gene Map for Performance and Health-Related Fitness Phenotypes: The 2006–2007
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Osteoporosis is a complex human disease that results in increased susceptibility to fragility
fractures. It can be phenotypically characterized using several traits, including bone mineral …

Ancestry informative SNPs can be useful to estimate individual and population
biogeographical ancestry. Brazilian population is characterized by a genetic background of …

This study examined the association between fat-free mass (FFM) and muscle strength with
bone mineral density (BMD), and compared the BMD values between sarcopenic and …

The vitamin D receptor (VDR) regulates bone development and calcium homeostasis,
suggesting a central role in musculoskeletal diseases such as osteoporosis (OP). Several …

Caudal-type homeobox protein 2 (CDX-2) is an intestine-specific transcription factor (TF),
with a polymorphic binding site (Cdx-2, rs11568820, A/G) in the vitamin D receptor gene …

The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is an essential protein related to bone metabolism. Some VDR
alleles are differentially distributed among ethnic populations and display variable patterns …

Low milk intakes hamper bone mineral acquisition during adolescence, especially in
European girls. We hypothesized that ethnic‐specific polymorphisms of the vitamin D …

The prevalence of metabolic disorders varies among ethnic populations and these disorders
represent a critical health care issue for elderly women. This study investigated the …

The current study investigated the association between vitamin-D-receptor (VDR) genotypes
with bone-mineral density (BMD) and its interaction with physical activity level (PAL) …