Genetic variants and physical activity interact to affect bone density in Hispanic children

• Main Authors: Ruixue Hou (Author), Shelley A. Cole (Author), Mariaelisa Graff (Author), Yujie Wang (Author), Karin Haack (Author), Sandra Laston (Author), Nitesh R. Mehta (Author), Roman J. Shypailo (Author), Margaret L. Gourlay (Author), Anthony G. Comuzzie (Author), Kari E. North (Author), Nancy F. Butte (Author), Venkata Saroja Voruganti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Our aim was to investigate if moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), calcium intake interacts with bone mineral density (BMD)-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to influence BMD in 750 Hispanic children (4-19y) of the cross-sectional Viva La Familia Study. Met...