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Estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms in a group of postmenopausal Turkish women: association with bone mineral
D G Yavuz1, T Yoldemir, K Ozaltun
1Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Marmara University Hospital, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Objective:
To evaluate the frequency of the estrogen receptor (ER) gene PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms and their associations with bone mineral density (BMD) in a group of postmenopausal Turkish women.
Design:
A total of 125 healthy postmenopausal women and 125 premenopausal healthy young women as controls were included in the study. The PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms in the ER gene were studied by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. The BMD of the lumbar vertebrae and femoral neck were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
Results:
The frequencies of the ERα PVuII genotypes PP, Pp and pp were 20%, 54.4% and 25.6% in premenopausal and 24.8%, 44.8% and 30.4% in postmenopausal women, respectively. The frequencies of the ER XbaI genotypes XX, Xx, xx were 16.8%, 48.8% and 34.4% in premenopausal and 16.8%, 48% and 35.2% in postmenopausal women, respectively. There was no difference in the frequencies of ER gene polymorphisms between premenopausal and postmenopausal women. BMD measurements were not different between ER PvuII and XbaI genotypes in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.
Conclusions:
ER gene PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms have no major influence on bone mineral density in our group of postmenopausal women.
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