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Association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and incident type 2 diabetes: a mendelian randomisation study.
The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology - 1 Jan 2015
Ye Zheng, Sharp Stephen J, Burgess Stephen, Scott Robert A, Imamura Fumiaki, Langenberg Claudia, Wareham Nicholas J, Forouhi Nita G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Low circulating concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), a marker of vitamin D status, are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, but whether this association is causal remains unclear. We aimed to estimate the unconfounded, causal association between 25(OH)D concentration and risk of type 2 diabetes using a mendelian randomisation approach. METHODS: Using several data sources...
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