They, investigated the relationship between TaqI (rs731236) and ApaI (rs7975232) polymorphisms of the VDR gene and osteoporosis in menopausal Azari women in Zanjan province, Iran, through a case–control study involving 50 osteoporotic and 50 non‐osteoporotic women confirmed by DEXA. Here, VDR is linked to osteoporosis.