Evidence of sexual dimorphism in relationships between estrogen receptor polymorphisms and bone mass: the Hertfordshire study
Dennison, Elaine, Syddall, Holly, Fall, Caroline and Cooper, Cyrus (2005) Evidence of sexual dimorphism in relationships between estrogen receptor polymorphisms and bone mass: the Hertfordshire study. Journal of Rheumatology, 32, (12), 2400-2404.
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Description/Abstract
Objective: to examine the relationship between estrogen receptor (ER) a and ß gene polymorphisms and bone mass.
Methods: bone mineral density (BMD) was measured at the lumbar spine and proximal femur twice, 4 years apart, in a cohort of 147 men and 125 women aged 61-73 years. Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood samples, and genotyping for the ER (PvuII, XbaI, and AluI) was undertaken.
Results: there were no significant associations between either the XbaI or PvuII polymorphisms and bone mass, or bone loss in the cohort as a whole. However, men homozygous for the aa ß receptor polymorphism had higher BMD at the lumbar spine (p = 0.05), femoral neck (p = 0.01), and total femur (p = 0.01). Women homozygous for aa had lower femoral neck and total femoral BMD than women of the AA or Aa genotypes (p = 0.01 and p = 0.02). Gender*ERß interaction terms were statistically significant (p = 0.02 for lumbar spine BMD, p = 0.0004 for femoral neck BMD, and p = 0.0003 for total femoral BMD, each test with 2 degrees of freedom unadjusted). Adjustment for sex hormone concentration and lifestyle factors made little difference to our results.
Conclusion: we found relationships between the ERß gene and the determination of bone mass among men and women in their seventh decade.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | estrogen receptor, interaction, bone |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Developmental Origins of Health and Disease |
| Item ID: | 25413 |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 11:16 |
| Contributors: | Dennison, Elaine (Author) Syddall, Holly (Author) Fall, Caroline (Author) Cooper, Cyrus (Author) |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/25413 |
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