Advances in Laboratory Medicine (Oct 2023)

Osteocalcin associates with bone mineral density and VDR gene polymorphisms in type 1 and type 2 diabetes

  • Ramírez Ruiz Carla,
  • Varo Cenarruzabeitia Nerea,
  • Martínez Villanueva Miriam,
  • Hernández Martínez Antonio M.,
  • Noguera Velasco José Antonio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/almed-2023-0131
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 46 – 55

Abstract

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Bone metabolism is impaired in diabetes mellitus (DM). Our objective is to evaluate the association of bone turnover markers (BTM) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms with bone mineral density (BMD) in DM type 1 (T1D) and DM type 2 (T2D).

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