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and the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis, yet the relationships between these polymorphisms and the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis are still inconclusive. So a meta-analysis was performed to robustly assess the associations between
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atypical femur fracture (AFF) (12) . This study collected relevant literature on the use of ALN and the consequent incidence of AFF and utilized meta-analysis to clarify the relationship between ALN use and AFF occurrence to provide credible advice for
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explore whether circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D level was correlated with the survival of PCa through a dose–response meta-analysis. Materials and methods Search strategy We searched PubMed and EMBASE databases from inception to July 15, 2018
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in men; (3) the outcomes of interest were the risk estimates of T2DM associated with total or free testosterone, such as hazard ratio (HR), relative risk (RR) and odds ratio (OR). In this meta-analysis, to make it more comprehensive, we evaluated the
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existing uncertain evidence regarding this issue using the systematic review and meta-analysis of all published literature. Methods Literature search We performed the meta-analysis following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews
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small data sets, regarding the relative importance of polymorphisms of VDR genes Apa I, Bsm I, Fok I and Taq I. In our meta-analysis, we included a total of 9 studies comprising 1053 patients and 1017 controls that indicated statistically significant
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Supplementary Materials . Eligibility criteria and study selection Full texts of studies were included in this meta-analysis if they: (i) were cross-sectional study, case–control study, cohort study, randomized controlled trial, non-randomized controlled