Abstract:Background: The WNT signaling pathway is involved in the regulation of bone homeostasis, and the effects of WNT signaling pathway related genes (WLS, WNT16 and LRP5) on osteoporosis risk among Chinese postmenopausal women is still unknown. Hence, we performed a case-control study to assess the association of WNT signaling pathway related genes and osteoporosis risk.Methods: This study involved 1026 women (515 osteoporosis patients and 511 controls) of postmenopausal age who were randomly sampled from Xi'an 630… Show more
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