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Role of vitamin D levels and vitamin D receptor polymorphisms in relation to coronary artery disease: the Indian atherosclerosis research study.
Coronary artery disease - 1 Aug 2011
Shanker Jayashree, Maitra Arindam, Arvind Prathima, Nair Jiny, Dash Debabratha, Manchiganti Rushiraj, Rao Veena S, Radhika Kasi N, Hebbagodi Sridhar, Kakkar Vijay V
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OBJECTIVE: Assessment of association between plasma vitamin D levels, vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms, and coronary artery disease (CAD) in a predisposed Asian Indian cohort. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with angiographically proven CAD having age at onset less than 60 years for men and less than 65 years for women were recruited in the Indian Atherosclerosis Research Study and treated as cases...
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