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Genome-wide association study of circulating vitamin D-binding protein.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Jun 2014
Moy Kristin A, Mondul Alison M, Zhang Han, Weinstein Stephanie J, Wheeler William, Chung Charles C, Männistö Satu, Yu Kai, Chanock Stephen J, Albanes Demetrius
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BACKGROUND: Vitamin D status may influence a spectrum of health outcomes, including osteoporosis, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) is the primary carrier of vitamin D in the circulation and regulates the bioavailability of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Epidemiologic studies have shown direct DBP-risk relations and modification by DBP of vitamin D-disease associations....
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