25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in african american and nigerian women

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 560-562

  Durazo Arvizu, Ramon A ^a   Aloia, John F ^b   Dugas, Lara R ^a   Tayo, Bamidele O ^a   Shoham, David A ^a   Bertino, Anne Marie ^a   Yeh, James K ^b   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Luke, Amy ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NIGERIA; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RURAL POPULATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879459251     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22395     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Aloia JF. 2008. African Americans, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and osteoporosis: a paradox. Am J Clin Nutr 88:545S-550S.
2. Carter GD, Carter CR, Gunter E, Jones J, Jones G, Makin HL, Sufi S. 2004. Measurement of Vitamin D metabolites: an international perspective on methodology and clinical interpretation. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 89-90:467-471.
3. Durazo-Arvizu R, Sempos CT, Luke A, Yetley EA, Dawson-Hughes B, Kramer H, Cao G, Dwyer JT, Bailey RL, Rovner AJ. 2010. Modeling the non-monotonic association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and mortality in a representative US population sample. 25th International Workshop on Statistical Modeling, Glasgow, Scotland.
4. Ebersole KE, Dugas LR, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Adeyemo AA, Tayo BO, Omotade OO, Brieger WR, Schoeller DA, Cooper RS, Luke AH. 2008. Energy expenditure and adiposity in Nigerian and African-American women. Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2148-2154.
5. Looker AC, Johnson CL, Lacher DA, Pfeiffer CM, Schleicher RL, Sempos CT. 2011. Vitamin D status: United States, 2001-2006. NCHS Data Brief (59):1-8.
6. Luke A, Dugas LR, Ebersole K, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Cao G, Schoeller DA, Adeyemo AA, Brieger WR, Cooper RS. 2009. Energy expenditure does not predict weight change in either Nigerian or African American women. Am J Clin Nutr 89:169-176.
7. Melamed ML, Astor B, Michos ED, Hostetter TH, Powe NR, Munter P. 2009. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels, race, and the progression of kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 20:2631-2639.
8. Melamed ML, Michos ED, Post W, Astor B. 2008. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels and the risk of mortality in the general population. Arch Intern Med 168:1629-1637.
9. Michos ED. 2009. Vitamin D deficiency and the risk of incident Type 2 diabetes. Future Cardiol 5:15-18.
10. Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Ritz E, Pieber TR. 2009. Vitamin D status and arterial hypertension: a systematic review. Nat Rev Cardiol 6:621-630.
11. Reis AF, Hauache OM, Velho G. 2005. Vitamin D endocrine system and the genetic susceptibility to diabetes, obesity and vascular disease. A review of evidence. Diabetes Metab 31(4 Part 1):318-325.
12. Ross AC, Taylor CL, Yaktine KL, Del Valle HB. 2011. Dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
13. Schwalfenberg GK. 2011. A review of the critical role of vitamin D in the functioning of the immune system and the clinical implications of vitamin D deficiency. Mol Nutr Food Res 55:96-108.
14. Signorello LB, Williams SM, Zheng W, Smith JR, Long J, Cai Q, Hargreaves MK, Hollis BW, Blot WJ. 2010. Blood vitamin D levels in relation to genetic estimation of African ancestry. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:2325-2331.
15. Wang TJ, Pencina MJ, Booth SL, Jacques PF, Ingelsson E, Lanier K, Benjamin EJ, D'Agostino RB, Wolf M, Vasan RS. 2008. Vitamin D deficiency and risk of cardiovascular disease. Circulation 117:503-511.