Bone health index in the assessment of bone health : The Generation R Study

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Bone Health Index (BHI) has been proposed as a useful instrument for assessing bone health in children. However, its relationship with fracture risk remains unknown. We aimed to investigate whether BHI is associated with bone mineral density (BMD) and prevalent fracture odds in children from the Generation R Study. We also implemented genome-wide association study (GWAS) and polygenic score (PGS) approaches to improve our understanding of BHI and its potential. In total, 4150 children (49.4 % boys; aged 9.8 years) with genotyped data and bone assessments were included in this study. BMD was measured across the total body (less head following ISCD guidelines) using a GE-Lunar iDXA densitometer; and BHI was determined from the hand DXA scans using BoneXpert®. Fractures were self-reported collected with home questionnaires. The association of BHI with BMD and fractures was evaluated using linear models corrected for age, sex, ethnicity, height, and weight. We observed a positive correlation between BHI and BMD (ρ = 0.32, p-value<0.0001). Further, every SD decrease in BHI was associated with an 11 % increased risk of prevalent fractures (OR:1.11, 95 % CI 1.00-1.24, p-value = 0.05). Our BHI GWAS identified variants (lead SNP rs1404264-A, p-value = 2.61 × 10-14) mapping to the ING3/CPED1/WNT16 locus. Children in the extreme tails of the BMD PGS presented a difference in BHI values of -0.10 standard deviations (95% CI -0.14 to -0.07; p-value<0.0001). On top of the demonstrated epidemiological association of BHI with both BMD and fracture risk, our results reveal a partially shared biological background between BHI and BMD. These findings highlight the potential value of using BHI to screen children at risk of fracture.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:182

Enthalten in:

Bone - 182(2024) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 117070

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Prijatelj, Vid [VerfasserIn]
Grgic, Olja [VerfasserIn]
Uitterlinden, André G [VerfasserIn]
Wolvius, Eppo B [VerfasserIn]
Rivadeneira, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Medina-Gomez, Carolina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BMD
Bone fracture
Bone health index
GWAS
Homeodomain Proteins
ING3 protein, human
Journal Article
Pediatric cohort
Recall-by-genotype
Tumor Suppressor Proteins

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Date Completed 01.04.2024

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bone.2024.117070

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369505611