Research Article

Lack of Association of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 Gene Haplotypes with Bone Mineral Density, Bone Loss, or Risk of Fractures in Men

Table 4

BMP2 SNP3 genotypes and age, weight, height, BMD and annualised bone loss in male controls and men with osteoporosis.

ControlControl ControlPatients Patients Patients
AA ( )AT ( )TT ( )AA ( )AT ( )TT ( )

Age (yr)66.1 (7.2)64.0 (9.4)65.4 (7.4)65.7 (9.2)59.0 (12.6)57.1 (12.9)
Height (cm)173 (7)173 (7)172 (5)174 (9)172 (8)171 (7)
Weight (kg)81.9 (9.6)80.8 (12.4)81.2 (12.5)83.9 (25.9)75.7 (11.8)74.0 (14)
Spinal BMD (g/cm2)1.132 (0.195)1.112 (0.156)1.105 (0.152)0.826 (0.058)0.785 (0.095)0.807 (0.113)
Spinal Z score1.15 (1.85)0.92 (1.46)0.93 (1.38)−1.71 (0.55)−2.16 (0.88)−2.03 (1.13)
Spinal T score0.14 (1.46)0.14 (1.46)0.14 (1.46)−2.43 (0.50)−2.81 (0.86)−2.60 (1.03)
Total femoral BMD (g/cm2)1.012 (0.133)1.014 (0.119)1.039 (0.135)0.821 (0.121)0.782 (0.091)0.773 (0.114)
Total femoral Z score0.65 (1.04)0.64 (0.90)0.86 (1.01)−0.91 (0.77)−1.24 (0.79)−1.39 (0.87)
Total femoral T score−0.39 (1.03)−0.37 (0.93)−0.21 (1.05)−1.91 (0.95)−2.19 (0.68)−2.28 (0.83)
Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2)0.860 (0.132)0.840 (0.132)0.861 (0.125)0.708 (0.095)0.687 (0.087)0.695 (0.114)
Femoral neck Z score0.82 (1.24)0.59 (1.03)0.85 (1.10)−0.74 (0.67)−1.07 (0.87)−1.10 (1.00)
Femoral neck T score−0.39 (1.03)−0.37 (0.93)−0.20 (1.05)−2.42 (0.87)−2.62 (.076)−2.54 (1.00)
Spinal bone loss (% per annum)−0.37 (1.14)−0.51 (1.47)−0.45 (1.05)
( )( )( )
Femoral neck bone loss (% per annum)−0.03 (1.77)0.20 (1.59)0.33 (1.42)
( )( )( )
Total femoral bone loss (% per annum)0.00 (0.80)0.16 (1.70)0.15 (1.07)
( )( )( )

No significant effect of BMP2 genotypes on height, weight or BMD was seen using ANOVA ( ). Annualized loss was studied in a subgroups of subjects, the numbers indicated in appropriate cells. Results are given as mean, and SDs are given in parentheses.