Tag: Postmenopausal

Endogenous sex steroids and circulating homocysteine in healthy Greek postmenopausal women

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George E. Christodoulakos, Irene V. Lambrinoudaki, Demetrios A. Rizos,  Andreas Alexandrou, Apostolos V. Kountouris, George C. Creatsas

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OBJECTIVE: The determinants of serum homocysteine in healthy postmenopausal women remain uncertain. The aim of this study was the assessment of the association of endogenous sex steroids with serum homocysteine levels in healthy postmenopausal women not on hormone therapy…

Association between g.19163A>G and g.23298T>C genetic variants of the osteoprotegerin gene and bone mineral density in Chinese women

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Shizhang Liu, Zhi Yi, Ming Ling, Jiyuan Shi

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OBJECTIVE: Osteoporosis is a serious and common health issue of considerable complexity among postmenopausal women. The osteoprotegerin gene (OPG) is considered to play an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. The objective of this study was to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms …