Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 4 Comparisons of means ± SD of BMI and BMD between different genotypes of TaqI and ApaI VDR in non-osteoporotic and osteoporotic women

From: Narrative role of vitamin D receptor with osteoporosis and obesity in a sample of Egyptian females: a pilot study

Variables	Taq1					Apa1
	Non-osteoporotic women (N = 74)
	HOMO (N = 42)		Hetero (N = 32)		P	HOMO (N = 47)		Hetero (N = 26)		P
	Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD	P	Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD	P
BMI	33.47	6.15	30.65	8.88	0.032*	32.10	7.34	32.72	8.07	0.954
BMD T score at the femur neck	−1.34	1.12	−1.38	1.05	0.845	−1.24	1.15	−1.56	0.96	0.168
	Osteoporotic women (N = 23)
	HOMO (N = 18)		Hetero (N = 5)		P	HOMO (N = 22)		Hetero (N =1 )
	Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD	P	Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD
BMI	25.39	6.31	35.50	15.91	0.046*	−3.011	0.410	−2.63
BMD T score at the femur neck	−2.95	0.42	−3.16	0.34	0.446	27.12	9.70	37.97

N.B. BMI body mass index, BMD bone mineral density; *P < 0.05 = significant differences

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