Gene expression data from Brazilian SPAH study

This study is part of previous epidemiologic project, including a population-based survey (Sao Paulo Ageing & Health study (SPAH Study). The data from this study was collected between 2015 to 2016 and involved elderly women (ages ≥65 yeas) living in the Butanta district, Sao Paulo. The purpose of the study was identification of association between transcriptome and the osteo metabolism diseases phenotype, like osteoporosis, vertebral fracture and coronary calcification. Peripheral blood cells suffer alterations in the gene expression pattern in response to perturbations caused by calcium metabolism diseases. The purpose of this study is to identify possible molecular markers associated with osteoporosis, vertebral fractures and coronary calcification in elderly women from community from Brazilian SPAH study. Vertebral fractures were the most common clinical manifestation of osteoporosis and coronary calcifications were associated with high morbimortality. Fasting blood samples were withdrawn from community elderly women with osteo metabolism diseases. RNA was extracted from peripheral total blood, and hybridized into Affymetrix microarrays.