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SUBMITTER: Zhou X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6379510 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Xindie X Li Jin J Jiang Lifeng L Zhou Dong D Wu Lidong L Huang Yong Y Xu Nanwei N
Bioscience reports 20190219 2
<b>Background:</b> Serum amyloid A (SAA1) is an apolipoprotein that maintains glucose and lipid homeostasis. Its polymorphisms are associated with risks of myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease (CAD). <b>Methods:</b> However, little is known about the associations of these polymorphisms with susceptibility to osteoporosis, which we evaluated in this hospital-based case-control study involving 300 osteoporosis patients and 350 controls. Three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs ...[more]