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SUBMITTER: Nielson CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4870848 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nielson Carrie M CM Jones Kerry S KS Chun Rene F RF Jacobs Jon M JM Wang Ying Y Hewison Martin M Adams John S JS Swanson Christine M CM Lee Christine G CG Vanderschueren Dirk D Pauwels Steven S Prentice Ann A Smith Richard D RD Shi Tujin T Gao Yuqian Y Schepmoes Athena A AA Zmuda Joseph M JM Lapidus Jodi J Cauley Jane A JA Bouillon Roger R Schoenmakers Inez I Orwoll Eric S ES
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 20160323 5
<h4>Context</h4>Total 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) is a marker of vitamin D status and is lower in African Americans than in whites. Whether this difference holds for free 25OHOD (f25OHD) is unclear, considering reported genetic-racial differences in vitamin D binding protein (DBP) used to calculate f25OHD.<h4>Objectives</h4>Our objective was to assess racial-geographic differences in f25OHD and to understand inconsistencies in racial associations with DBP and calculated f25OHD.<h4>Design</h4>Thi ...[more]