Ethnic origin and serum levels of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 are independent predictors of coronary calcium mass measured by electron-beam computed tomography

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1477-1481

  Doherty, Terence M ^a   Tang, Weiyi ^a   Dascalos, Steven ^a   Watson, Karol E ^b   Demer, Linda L ^b   Shavelle, Robert M ^c   Detrano, Robert C ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Race; Tomography; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; ELECTRON BEAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030773403     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.5.1477     Document Type: Article

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