Is the Association between Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Confounded by Obesity? Evidence from the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study (APCAPS).

Is the Association between Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Confounded by Obesity? Evidence from the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study (APCAPS).

Evidence of an association between serum vitamin D and cardiovascular disease risk is inconsistent and comes predominantly from studies in high-income settings. We assessed the association between serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D) and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a population...

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Main Authors: Christopher Paul Baker, Bharati Kulkarni, K V Radhakrishna, M S Charyulu, John Gregson, Mika Matsuzaki, Amy E Taylor, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Raja Sriswan Mamidi, Jonathan Wells, Ian Wilkinson, Carmel McEniery, Yasmin, George Davey Smith, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Hannah Kuper, Sanjay Kinra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4469320?pdf=render

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