Common vitamin D pathway gene variants reveal contrasting effects on serum vitamin D levels in African Americans and European Americans

Human Genetics

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1395-1405

  Batai, Ken ^a   Murphy, Adam B ^b,c   Shah, Ebony ^a   Ruden, Maria ^d   Newsome, Jennifer ^d   Agate, Sara ^d   Dixon, Michael A ^b   Chen, Hua Yun ^d   Deane, Leslie A ^e   Hollowell, Courtney M P ^f   Ahaghotu, Chiledum ^g   Kittles, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Cook County Health and Hospitals System ^*  (United States)

^g HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP24A1 GENE; CYP27B1 GENE; CYP2R1 GENE; CYP3A4 GENE; DHCR7 GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GC GENE; GENE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NADSYN1 GENE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASON; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VDR GENE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84919413313     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-014-1472-y     Document Type: Article

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