To D or not to D? Social deprivation as a confounder of the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 280-281

  Emanuele, Enzo ^a  

^a Living Research Sas   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Statistical confounding; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84864748277     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.05.017     Document Type: Note

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