Association between myopia, ultraviolet b radiation exposure, serum Vitamin D concentrations, and genetic polymorphisms in Vitamin Dmetabolic pathways in a multicountry european study

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 47-53

  Williams, Katie M ^a   Bentham, Graham C G ^b   Young, Ian S ^c   McGinty, Ann ^c   McKay, Gareth J ^c   Hogg, Ruth ^c   Hammond, Christopher J ^a   Chakravarthy, Usha ^c   Rahu, Mati ^d   Seland, Johan ^e   Soubrane, Gisele ^f   Tomazzoli, Laura ^g   Topouzis, Fotis ^h   Fletcher, Astrid E ⁱ  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^h ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; XANTHOPHYLL; DNA; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; EYE REFRACTION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA; EUROPE; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011827139     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2016.4752     Document Type: Article

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