

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN: 1475-2662|101|12|1812-1820
ISSN: 0007-1145
Source: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol.101, Iss.12, 2009-06, pp. : 1812-1820
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Abstract
Vitamin K acts as a cofactor during the γ-carboxylation of vitamin K-dependent proteins. Undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) is a suggested biomarker of vitamin K status. The +2255 polymorphism of the vitamin K epoxide reductase gene (