Common variation in vitamin D pathway genes predicts circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels among African Americans.

Vitamin D is implicated in a wide range of health outcomes, and although environmental predictors of vitamin D levels are known, the genetic drivers of vitamin D status remain to be clarified. African Americans are a group at particularly high risk for vitamin D insufficiency but to date have been v...

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Main Authors: Lisa B Signorello, Jiajun Shi, Qiuyin Cai, Wei Zheng, Scott M Williams, Jirong Long, Sarah S Cohen, Guoliang Li, Bruce W Hollis, Jeffrey R Smith, William J Blot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3244405?pdf=render