25-Hydroxyvitamin D deficiency is associated with fatal stroke among whites but not blacks: The NHANES-III linked mortality files

Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 367-371

  Michos, Erin D ^a,e   Reis, Jared P ^b   Post, Wendy S ^a,e   Lutsey, Pamela L ^c   Gottesman, Rebecca F ^a   Mosley, Thomas H ^d   Sharrett, A Richey ^e   Melamed, Michal L ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Racial differences; Stroke; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84858288205     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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