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CRP Genotypes Predict Increased Risk to Co-Present with Low Vitamin D and Elevated CRP in a Group of Healthy Black South African Women.
International journal of environmental research and public health - 10 Jan 2018
Myburgh Pieter H, Towers G Wayne, Kruger Iolanthé M, Nienaber-Rousseau Cornelie
Abstract excerpt
Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations are independently associated with adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although an inverse association between these factors has been described, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We postulate that environment-gene interactions, through which 25(OH)D interacts with single nucleotide...
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