Dietary, lifestyle, and genetic determinants of vitamin D status: A cross-sectional analysis from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Germany study

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 731-741

  Kühn, Tilman ^a   Kaaks, Rudolf ^a   Teucher, Birgit ^a   Hirche, Frank ^b   Dierkes, Jutta ^c   Weikert, Cornelia ^d   Katzke, Verena ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^d   Stangl, Gabriele I ^b   Buijsse, Brian ^d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Diet; Lifestyle; Prediction model; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 2R1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; CALCIFEDIOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GARDENING; GERMANY; GOLD STANDARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SUMMER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WINTER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ADULT; AGED; CALCIFEDIOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84916877189     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-013-0577-8     Document Type: Article

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