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The GC, CYP2R1 and DHCR7 genes are associated with vitamin D levels in northeastern Han Chinese children.
Swiss medical weekly - 1 Jan 2012
Zhang Yuling, Wang Xi, Liu Ye, Qu Hui, Qu Shuqiang, Wang Wei, Ren Lihong
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with risk in several diseases. Vitamin D status has high heritability, yet the genetic epidemiology of vitamin D or its metabolites has not been well studied. Our objective was to identify the relationship among three vitamin D-related genes (GC, CYP2R1 and DHCR7/NADSYN1) and the levels of 25(OH)D in northeastern Han Chinese children. A total of 506 northeastern Han Chinese...
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