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Mendelian randomization on the association of obesity with vitamin D: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.
European journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Feb 2023
Huang Ying Yue, Zhang Wei Sen, Jiang Chao Qiang, Zhu Feng, Jin Ya Li, Cheng Kar Keung, Lam Tai Hing, Xu Lin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses from the West provide evidence that obesity causes lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D]. As Asian populations are prone to metabolic disorders at a lower body mass index (BMI), whether the association remains in Asian is unclear. We studied whether obesity causes vitamin D deficiency using MR analysis in Chinese. METHODS: We used data from the Guangzhou Biobank...
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