Race and vitamin D status and monitoring in male veterans

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 492-497

  Peiris, Alan N ^a,b   Bailey, Beth A ^a   Peiris, Prith ^c   Copeland, Rebecca J ^a   Manning, Todd ^b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine and supplements; Health care; Racial disparities; Veterans

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D; CALCIFEDIOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VETERAN; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CALCIFEDIOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80052362112     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30363-1     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Orsi JM, Margellos-Anast H, Whitman S. Black-White health disparities in the United States and Chicago: a 15-year progress analysis. Am J Public Health. 2010;100:349-356.
2. Tseng M, Giri V, Bruner DW, Giovannucci E. Prevalence and correlates of vitamin D status in African American men. BMC Public Health. 2009;9:191.
3. Moore CE, Murphy MM, Holick MF. Vitamin D intakes by children and adults in the United States differ among ethnic groups. J Nutr. 2005;135:2478-2485. (Pubitemid 41429611)
4. Giovannucci E, Liu Y, Willett WC. Cancer incidence and mortality and vitamin D in black and white male health professionals. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006;15:2467-2472. (Pubitemid 46048306)
5. Wilkins CH, Birge SJ, Sheline YI, Morris JC. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with worse cognitive performance and lower bone density in older African Americans. J Natl Med Assoc. 2009;101:349-354.
6. Reis JP, Michos ED, von Muhlen D, Miller ER. Differences in vitamin D status as a possible contributor to the racial disparity in peripheral arterial disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008;88:1469-1477.
7. Melamed ML, Astor B, Michos ED, Hostetter TH, Powe NR, Muntner P. 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, race, and the progression of kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;20:2631-2639.
8. Nazroo JY. The structuring of ethnic inequalities in health: economic position, racial discrimination, and racism. Am J Public Health. 2003;93:277-284. (Pubitemid 36159396)
9. Bruce MA, Beech BM, Crook ED, et al. Association of socioeconomic status and CKD among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010;55:1001-1008.
10. Grant WB, Peiris AN. Possible role of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Black- White health disparities in the United States. J Am Med Directors Assoc. 2010;11:617-628.
11. Binkin M EMJ, Schexnider AJ, Smith MM. Blacks and the Military. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution; 1982.
12. Washington DL, Harada ND, Villa VM, et al. Racial variations in Department of Veterans Affairs ambulatory care use and unmet health care needs. Mil Med. 2002;167:235-241. (Pubitemid 34214019)
13. Mehta JL, Bursac Z, Mehta P, et al. Racial disparities in prescriptions for cardioprotective drugs and cardiac outcomes in Veterans Affairs Hospitals. Am J Cardiol. 2010;105:1019-1023.
14. Hassapoyannes CA, Giurgiutiu DV, Eaves G, Movahed MR. Apparent racial disparity in the utilization of invasive testing for risk assessment of cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2006;7:64-69. (Pubitemid 43816363)
15. Holick MF. Vitamin D deficiency. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:266-281.
16. Peiris AN, Bailey BA, Manning T. The relationship of vitamin D deficiency to health care costs in veterans. Mil Med. 2008;173:1214-1218.
17. Autier P, Gandini S. Vitamin D supplementation and total mortality: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1730-1737. (Pubitemid 47403059)
18. Grant WB. Epidemiology of disease risks in relation to vitamin D insufficiency. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2006;92:65-79. (Pubitemid 43842061)
19. Sohn MW, Zhang H, Arnold N, et al. Transition to the new race/ethnicity data collection standards in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Popul Health Metr. 2006;4:7.
20. Dawson-Hughes B. Racial/ethnic considerations in making recommendations for vitamin D for adult and elderly men and women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004;80:1763S-1766S.
21. Aloia JF, Patel M, Dimaano R, et al. Vitamin D intake to attain a desired serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008;87:1952- 1958.
22. Vieth R. Vitamin D supplementation, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, and safety. Am J Clin Nutr. 1999;69:842-856. (Pubitemid 29205056)
23. Teixeira DS, Castro LC, Nobrega YK, Almeida RC, Gandolfi L, Pratesi R. 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels among Callithrix penicillata primate species raised in captivity. J Med Primatol. 2010;39:77-82.
24. Vitolins MZ, Quandt SA, Case LD, Bell RA, Arcury TA, McDonald J. Vitamin and mineral supplement use by older rural adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2000;55:M613-M617. (Pubitemid 32010298)
25. Hausmann LR, Kressin NR, Hanusa BH, Ibrahim SA. Perceived racial discrimination in health care and its association with patients' healthcare experiences: does the measure matter? Ethn Dis. 2010;20:40-47.
26. Boulware LE, Cooper LA, Ratner LE, LaVeist TA, Powe NR. Race and trust in the health care system. Public Health Rep. 2003;118:358-365. (Pubitemid 36828340)
27. Ferguson JA, Weinberger M, Westmoreland GR, et al. Racial disparity in cardiac decision making: results from patient focus groups. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158:1450-1453. (Pubitemid 28317762)
28. Beach MC, Rosner M, Cooper LA, Duggan PS, Shatzer J. Can patient-centered attitudes reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care? Acad Med. 2007;82:193-198. (Pubitemid 46193004)
29. Price EG, Gozu A, Kern DE, et al. The role of cultural diversity climate in recruitment, promotion, and retention of faculty in academic medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20:565-571. (Pubitemid 41026238)
30. Wilkins CH, Sheline YI, Roe CM, Birge SJ, Morris JC. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with low mood and worse cognitive performance in older adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006;14:1032-1040. (Pubitemid 44936995)
31. Wolf M, Betancourt J, Chang Y, et al. Impact of activated vitamin D and race on survival among hemodialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;19:1379-1388.
32. Kerr EA, Gerzoff RB, Krein SL, et al. Diabetes care quality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System and commercial managed care: the TRIAD study. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:272-281.
33. Ross AC, Manson JE, Abrams SA, et al. The 2011 report on dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine: what clinicians need to know. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;96:53-58.