1. Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study
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Wang, Thomas J, Zhang, Feng, Richards, J Brent, Kestenbaum, Bryan, van Meurs, Joyce B, Berry, Diane, Kiel, Douglas P, Streeten, Elizabeth A, Ohlsson, Claes, Koller, Daniel L, Peltonen, Leena, Cooper, Jason D, O'Reilly, Paul F, Houston, Denise K, Glazer, Nicole L, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Peacock, Munro, Shi, Julia, Rivadeneira, Fernando, McCarthy, Mark I, Anneli, Pouta, de Boer, Ian H, Mangino, Massimo, Kato, Bernet, Smyth, Deborah J, Booth, Sarah L, Jacques, Paul F, Burke, Greg L, Goodarzi, Mark, Cheung, Ching-Lung, Wolf, Myles, Rice, Kenneth, Goltzman, David, Hidiroglou, Nick, Ladouceur, Martin, Wareham, Nicholas J, Hocking, Lynne J, Hart, Deborah, Arden, Nigel K, Cooper, Cyrus, Malik, Suneil, Fraser, William D, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Zhai, Guangju, Macdonald, Helen M, Forouhi, Nita G, Loos, Ruth JF, Reid, David M, Hakim, Alan, Dennison, Elaine, Liu, Yongmei, Power, Chris, Stevens, Helen E, Jaana, Laitinen, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Soranzo, Nicole, Bojunga, Jörg, Psaty, Bruce M, Lorentzon, Mattias, Foroud, Tatiana, Harris, Tamara B, Hofman, Albert, Jansson, John-Olov, Cauley, Jane A, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Gibson, Quince, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Karasik, David, Siscovick, David S, Econs, Michael J, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Florez, Jose C, Todd, John A, Dupuis, Josee, Hyppönen, Elina, and Spector, Timothy D
- Abstract
Vitamin D is crucial for maintenance of musculoskeletal health, and might also have a role in extraskeletal tissues. Determinants of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations include sun exposure and diet, but high heritability suggests that genetic factors could also play a part. We aimed to identify common genetic variants affecting vitamin D concentrations and risk of insufficiency.
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- 2010
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