25-Hydroxyvitamin D in African-origin populations at varying latitudes challenges the construct of a physiologic norm

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 908-914

  Durazo Arvizu, Ramon A ^a   Camacho, Pauline ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^b,c   Forrester, Terrence ^d   Lambert, Estelle V ^e   Plange Rhule, Jacob ^f   Hoofnagle, Andrew N ^g   Aloia, John ^h   Tayo, Bamidele ^a   Dugas, Lara R ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Luke, Amy ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIFEDIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LATITUDE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SEYCHELLES; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIFEDIOL; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK; SEYCHELLES; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84907312171     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.066605     Document Type: Article

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