BACKGROUNDVitamin D receptor (VDR), a member of the steroid hormone receptor family is involved in a variety of biological processes such as bone metabolism, modulation of immune response, regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. Polymorphisms in VDR gene has been linked to a number of diseases like osteoarthritis, cancer, diabetes, etc. Since ethnic variations has been reported in the allele frequency of VDR polymorphisms, population specific data has to be generated before conducting a valid genetic association study.
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