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Vitamin D status: multifactorial contribution of environment, genes and other factors in healthy Australian adults across a latitude gradient.
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2013
Lucas Robyn M, Ponsonby Anne-Louise, Dear Keith, Valery Patricia C, Taylor Bruce, van der Mei Ingrid, McMichael Anthony J, Pender Michael P, Chapman Caron, Coulthard Alan, Kilpatrick Trevor J, Stankovich Jim, Williams David, Dwyer Terence
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D deficiency is common and implicated in risk of several human diseases. Evidence on the relative quantitative contribution of environmental, genetic and phenotypic factors to vitamin D status (assessed by the serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25(OH)D) in free-living populations is sparse. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 494 Caucasian adults aged 18-61years, randomly selected from the...
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