Strong familial association of bone mineral density between parents and offspring: KNHANES 2008-2011.
Osteoporos Int. 2016 Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Choi HS1, Park JH2, Kim SH3, Shin S4,5, Park MJ6.
1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Koyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
2Department of Statistics, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea.
3Department of Pediatrics, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 761-1 Sanggye-7-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 139-707, Korea.
4Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 102 Daehak-ro, Jongro-gu, Seoul, 03080, Korea.
5Institute of Environmental Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, 102 Daehak-ro, Jongro-gu, Seoul, 03080, Korea.
6Department of Pediatrics, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 761-1 Sanggye-7-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 139-707, Korea. PMJ at paik.ac.kr.
But low BMD in female offspring as only related to that of her mother - interesting
Wonder if that is due to how the body deals with such things as Vitamin D, Magnesium, Calcium
The items in both of the categories of Infant-Child and Bone Health are listed here:
- Children with low vitamin D became adults having 2X more chronic health problems – Nov 2024
- Vitamin D deficiency in children: 9%, but up to 75% in children with fractures – April 2024
- 2800 IU of Vitamin D in late pregnancy resulted in 3X fewer fractures, 4X fewer enamel defects in offspring – RCT Jan 2024
- Bone fractures of children not reduced if given little vitamin D, no Calcium etc. – RCT May 2023
- Faster growth in infants getting 1200 IU of Vitamin D – RCT July 2022
- Hospital has banned Dr. Holick due to testifying in cases of infants with broken bones- August, 2021
- Bones of white children not helped by 1,000 IU of vitamin D (Northern latitudes) – RCT Sept 2018
- Child abuse fractures – 96 percent were associated with poor bones (low vitamin D, etc.) – Oct 2019
- Spinal muscular atrophy - 2 million dollar drug or try Vitamin D - May 2019
- Breastfed infant bones not helped by 800 IU of Vitamin D (not enough) – RCT Dec 2017
- Large soft spot on infant’s head (anterior fontanelle) is associated with low vitamin D – Sept 2017
- Long-Term bedridden patients have poor vitamin D and poor bones – June 2017
- Low bone mineral density of male children is associated with low BMD of parents – Oct 2016
- Childhood Fractures – consensus report on vitamin D – Feb 2016
- 2,000 IU vitamin D recommended for pediatric rheumatology – May 2015
- Spinal muscular atrophy (rare disease) might be helped with vitamin D - June 2015
- Low vitamin D during pregnancy associated with four health problems in children – Jan 2015
- Child Bone health – (incorrect) recommendations by US Pediatric and Bone Health groups – Sept 2014
- Hip problem in boys (PERTHES' DISEASE) associated with low vitamin D – Jan 2014
- Low vitamin D associated with 5.5X increased risk of low bone mineral density – March 2013
- Bone health markers generally not improved by 550 IU of vitamin D after birth – July 2012
- Less child bone if mother lacked vitamin D – Dec 2010
- Lack of vitamin D in infants can result in broken bones and shaken baby syndrome - March 2010
Bone mineral density (BMD) of offspring was significantly associated with their parents' BMD. Parental BMD Z-score =-1 was a significant predictor for BMD Z-score =-1 in their offspring. Peak bone mass acquisition during early adulthood is more substantially influenced by genetic factors rather than lifestyle or environmental factors.
INTRODUCTION:
A person's BMD is affected by both genetic and environmental factors. Family history of osteoporosis or fragility fracture is a well-known risk factor for low bone mass or fracture. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the familial association of BMD between parents and offspring in Korean population.
METHODS:
This is a cross-sectional study based on the data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES) conducted from 2008 to 2011. A total of 5947 subjects (3135 parents and 2812 offspring) were included.
RESULTS:
In age-adjusted partial correlation analyses, all BMD values acquired from the lumbar spine, femur neck, total hip, and whole body showed significant associations between parents and offspring. Among these associations, whole-body BMD showed the strongest relationship between offspring and parents. The narrow-sense heritability of BMD ranged from 0.203 to 0.542 in male offspring and from 0.396 to 0.689 in female offspring. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that offspring's BMD was independently associated with BMD of both parents after adjusting for covariates. Lifestyle or environmental factors including dietary calcium intake, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level, regular exercise, current smoking, and alcohol intake showed only moderate or no associations with BMD. In multiple logistic regression analyses in offspring aged 19-25 years, the son's risk of having BMD Z-score =-1 was associated with both parents' BMD Z-score =-1, while the daughter's risk was only associated with maternal BMD Z-score =-1.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our findings confirm the strong familial association of BMD between parents and offspring in Korean population and suggest that peak bone mass acquisition during early adulthood is more substantially influenced by genetic factors rather than lifestyle or environmental factors.
PMID: 27747365 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-016-3806-1