Polymorphisms in the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene are associated with variation in vertebral bone mass, vertebral bone size, and stature in whites.
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- American journal of human genetics. - 2004
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Stature, bone size, and bone mass are interrelated traits with high heritability, but the major genes that govern these phenotypes remain unknown. Independent genomewide quantitative-trait locus studies have suggested a locus for bone-mineral density and stature at chromosome 11q12-13, a region harboring the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene. Mutations in the LRP5 gene were recently implicated in osteoporosis-pseudoglioma and "high-bone-mass" syndromes. To test whether polymorphisms in the LRP5 gene contribute to bone-mass determination in the general population, we studied a cross-sectional cohort of 889 healthy whites of both sexes. Significant associations were found for a missense substitution in exon 9 (c.2047G-->A) with lumbar spine (LS)-bone-mineral content (BMC) (P=.0032), with bone area (P=.0014), and with stature (P=.0062). The associations were observed mainly in adult men, in whom LRP5 polymorphisms accounted for
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