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The Genetic Architecture of Vitamin D Deficiency among an Elderly Lebanese Middle Eastern Population: An Exome-Wide Association Study.
Nutrients - 20 Jul 2023
Hendi Nagham Nafiz, Chakhtoura Marlene, Al-Sarraj Yasser, Basha Dania Saleh, Albagha Omar, Fuleihan Ghada El-Hajj, Nemer Georges
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The Middle East region experiences a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, yet most genetic studies on vitamin D have focused on European populations. Furthermore, there is a lack of research on the genomic risk factors affecting elderly people, who are more susceptible to health burdens. We investigated the genetic determinants of 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in elderly Lebanese individuals (n = 199)...
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