Association Between Vitamin D Receptor BsmI Polymorphism and Low Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women in the MENA Region
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Search Strategy
2.2. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.3. Data Extraction
2.4. Low BMD Definition
2.5. Quality Assessment
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Search Outcome
3.2. Quality Assessment of Included Studies
3.3. Pooled Analyses
3.4. Publication Bias
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Categry | Included | Excluded |
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Population | MENA region | Other populations |
Interventions | None | None |
Comparators | Low bone-density postmenopausal women with VDR polymorphism genotypes (BsmI, ApaI, or TaqI) | -Articles with no genetic analysis -Articles with non-postmenopausal women -Articles with postmenopausal women with low bone density and another disease |
Study design | Prospective, retrospective cohort, case reports, and research articles | -Reviews, books, protocols, guidelines, and animal studies |
Primary outcome | Genetic variants reported in postmenopausal women with low bone density | Irrelevant |
Secondary outcomes | Clinical phenotype variability in postmenopausal women with low bone density | Irrelevant |
Study No. | Reference | Country | Ethnicity | Method | NOS | BMD Type | ApaI (rs7975232 C>A) | BsmI (rs1544410 G>A) | TaqI (rs731236 T>C) | Other Notes |
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1 | Sassi et al., 2015 [21] | Tunisian | Arab | RFLP-PCR | 5/7 | Osteopenia | associated | - | associated | The presence of both ApaI and TaqI increases the risk |
2 | Uysal et al., 2008 [22] | Turkey | Turkish | RFLP-PCR | 5/7 | Osteoporosis | - | associated | - | The presence of both ApaI and TaqI increases the risk |
3 | Tanriover et al., 2010 [23] | Turkey | Turkish | RFLP-PCR | 6/7 | Osteoporosis | - | associated | - | |
4 | Dundar et al., 2009 [24] | Turkey | Turkish | RFLP-PCR | 5/7 | Osteoporosis | associated | - | - | |
5 | Ansari et al., 2021 [25] | KSA | Arab | TaqMan | 6/7 | Osteoporosis | associated | associated | associated | |
6 | Mansour et al., 2010 [26] | Egypt | Arab | RFLP-PCR | 5/7 | Osteoporosis | - | associated | - | |
7 | Dabirnia et al., 2016 [27] | Iran | Iranian | RFLP-PCR | 6/7 | Osteoporosis | - | - | ||
8 | Pouresmaeili et al., 2013 [28] | Iran | Iranian | RFLP-PCR | 5/7 | Osteoporosis | - | associated | - | |
9 | Duman et al., 2004 [29] | Turkey | Turkish | RFLP-PCR | 5/7 | Osteoporosis | - | - | associated | |
10 | Efesoy et al., 2011 [30] | Turkey | Turkish | SSOP | 5/7 | Osteoporosis | - | associated | - | |
11 | Gursoy et al., 2008 [31] | Turkey | Turkish | RFLP-PCR | 4/7 | Osteoporosis | - | - | associated |
Study | Cases | Control | Sample Size | HWE | |||||||||
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MM | MW | WW | M | W | MM | MW | WW | M | W | Cases | Control | ||
BsmI (rs1544410 G>A) | |||||||||||||
Uysal et al., 2008 [22] | 34 | 48 | 18 | 116 | 84 | 44 | 78 | 24 | 166 | 126 | 100 | 146 | 0.28 |
Tanriover et al., 2010 [23] | 15 | 19 | 16 | 49 | 51 | 19 | 7 | 24 | 45 | 55 | 50 | 50 | 0.00 |
Ansari et al., 2021 [25] | 86 | 148 | 61 | 320 | 270 | 104 | 128 | 63 | 336 | 254 | 295 | 295 | 0.05 |
Mansour et al., 2010 [26] | 27 | 15 | 8 | 69 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 0.05 |
Pouresmaeili et al., 2013 [28] | 17 | 33 | 14 | 67 | 61 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 105 | 59 | 64 | 82 | 0.25 |
Duman et al., 2004 [29] | 54 | 18 | 3 | 126 | 24 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 101 | 31 | 75 | 66 | 0.02 |
Efesoy et al., 2011 [30] | 19 | 43 | 8 | 81 | 59 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 70 | 30 | 0.88 |
Total population | 704 | 689 | |||||||||||
ApaI (rs7975232 C>A) | |||||||||||||
Sassi et al., 2015 [21] | 130 | 143 | 62 | 403 | 267 | 90 | 115 | 26 | 295 | 167 | 335 | 231 | 0.23 |
Tanriover et al., 2010 [23] | 15 | 29 | 6 | 59 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 57 | 43 | 50 | 50 | 0.00 |
Dundar et al., 2009 [24] | 26 | 61 | 25 | 113 | 111 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 112 | 24 | 0.23 |
Ansari et al., 2021 [25] | 120 | 138 | 32 | 378 | 202 | 134 | 107 | 51 | 375 | 209 | 292 | 290 | 0.00 |
Dabirnia et al., 2016 [27] | 24 | 25 | 1 | 73 | 27 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 78 | 22 | 50 | 50 | 0.73 |
Duman et al., 2004 [29] | 56 | 13 | 6 | 125 | 25 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 105 | 27 | 75 | 66 | 0.01 |
Total population | 914 | 711 | |||||||||||
TaqI (rs731236 T>C) | |||||||||||||
Gursoy et al., 2008 [31] | 20 | 44 | 6 | 84 | 56 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 89 | 53 | 70 | 59 | 0.28 |
Sassi et al., 2015 [21] | 165 | 128 | 42 | 458 | 212 | 103 | 95 | 33 | 301 | 161 | 335 | 231 | 0.10 |
Uysal et al., 2008 [22] | 40 | 46 | 14 | 126 | 74 | 54 | 75 | 17 | 183 | 109 | 100 | 146 | 0.24 |
Tanriover et al., 2010 [23] | 15 | 29 | 6 | 59 | 41 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 67 | 33 | 50 | 50 | 0.10 |
Ansari et al., 2021 [25] | 88 | 139 | 67 | 315 | 273 | 115 | 126 | 52 | 356 | 230 | 294 | 293 | 0.09 |
Dabirnia et al., 2016 [27] | 20 | 24 | 6 | 64 | 36 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 61 | 39 | 50 | 50 | 0.12 |
Duman et al., 2004 [29] | 23 | 42 | 10 | 88 | 62 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 79 | 53 | 75 | 66 | 0.03 |
Total population | 974 | 895 |
Polymorphism ID | Sample Size | Test of Association | Heterogeneity | ||||||
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Case | Control | Studies Included | OR (95% CI) | Z | p-Value | X2 | p-Value | I2 (%) | |
BsmI (rs1544410 G>A) | |||||||||
Dominant model | 704 | 689 | 7 | 1.27 [1.01, 1.59] | 2.05 | 0.04 * | 11.31 | 0.08 | 47% |
Recessive model | 704 | 689 | 7 | 1.04 [0.89, 1.21] | 0.50 | 0.62 | 29.08 | 0.0001 | 79% |
Allelic model | 1408 | 1378 | 7 | 1.08 [0.82, 1.42] | 0.53 | 0.60 | 7.37 | 0.29 | 19% |
ApaI (rs7975232 C>A) | |||||||||
Dominant model | 914 | 711 | 6 | 1.03 [0.77, 1.37] | 0.20 | 0.84 | 17.07 | 0.004 | 71% |
Recessive model | 914 | 711 | 6 | 0.03 [−0.02, 0.08] | 1.24 | 0.21 | 4.67 | 0.46 | 0 |
Allelic model | 1828 | 1422 | 6 | 0.92 [0.80, 1.07] | 1.03 | 0.30 | 4.25 | 0.51 | 0 |
Taql (rs731236) | |||||||||
Dominant model | 974 | 895 | 7 | 1.07 [0.84, 1.38] | 0.56 | 0.58 | 14.41 | 0.03 | 58% |
Recessive model | 974 | 895 | 7 | 1.13 [0.94, 1.36] | 1.27 | 0.20 | 12.39 | 0.05 | 52% |
Allelic model | 1948 | 1814 | 7 | 1.12 [0.98, 1.28] | 1.65 | 0.10 | 6.08 | 0.41 | 1% |
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Al-Barazenji, T.; Allouch, A.; Al Husaini, N.; Yousef, S.; Ibrahim, W.N.; Al-Haidose, A.; Zayed, H.; Abdallah, A.M. Association Between Vitamin D Receptor BsmI Polymorphism and Low Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women in the MENA Region. Pathophysiology 2025, 32, 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathophysiology32010006
Al-Barazenji T, Allouch A, Al Husaini N, Yousef S, Ibrahim WN, Al-Haidose A, Zayed H, Abdallah AM. Association Between Vitamin D Receptor BsmI Polymorphism and Low Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women in the MENA Region. Pathophysiology. 2025; 32(1):6. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathophysiology32010006
Chicago/Turabian StyleAl-Barazenji, Tara, Asma Allouch, Nedhal Al Husaini, Sondos Yousef, Wisam Nabeel Ibrahim, Amal Al-Haidose, Hatem Zayed, and Atiyeh M. Abdallah. 2025. "Association Between Vitamin D Receptor BsmI Polymorphism and Low Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women in the MENA Region" Pathophysiology 32, no. 1: 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathophysiology32010006
APA StyleAl-Barazenji, T., Allouch, A., Al Husaini, N., Yousef, S., Ibrahim, W. N., Al-Haidose, A., Zayed, H., & Abdallah, A. M. (2025). Association Between Vitamin D Receptor BsmI Polymorphism and Low Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women in the MENA Region. Pathophysiology, 32(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathophysiology32010006