Beyond being aging-related diseases, atherosclerosis and osteoporosis share common
pathogenetic pathways implicated in bone and vascular mineralization. However, the …

Recent advances in society have resulted in the emergence of both hyperlipidemia and
obesity as life-threatening conditions in people with implications for various types of …

We have previously reported suggestive linkage of type 2 diabetes mellitus to chromosome
10q. We genotyped 228 microsatellite markers in Icelandic individuals with type 2 diabetes …

We conducted a genome-wide association study for type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Icelandic cases
and controls, and we found that a previously described variant in the transcription factor 7 …

Background: Higher fat mass may be an independent risk factor for osteoporosis and
osteoporotic fractures. Objective: We aimed to determine the independent contribution of fat …

Background Bone mineral density influences the risk of osteoporosis later in life and is
useful in the evaluation of the risk of fracture. We aimed to identify sequence variants …

Osteoporosis and obesity are both major public health concerns. It has long been
considered that these are distinct disorders rarely found in the same individual; however …

Purpose Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease may share the risk factors for low bone
mineral density (BMD), one of which is dyslipidemia. The association between serum …

Osteoporosis mainly affects postmenopausal women and older men. Gastrointestinal
hormones released after meal ingestion, such as glucose‐dependent insulinotropic peptide …

The adult skeleton is a metabolically active organ system that undergoes continuous
remodeling to remove old and/or stressed bone (resorption) and replace it with new bone …