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SUBMITTER: Grant WB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4951179 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grant William B WB Karras Spyridon N SN Bischoff-Ferrari Heike A HA Annweiler Cedric C Boucher Barbara J BJ Juzeniene Asta A Garland Cedric F CF Holick Michael F MF
Dermato-endocrinology 20160101 1
Several reports describe U-shaped 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration-health outcomes, including musculo-skeletal disorders such as falls and fractures, several cancers, cardiovascular disease (CVD), cognitive function, all-cause mortality rates, birth outcomes, allergic reactions, frailty, and some other disorders. This paper reviews reports of U-shaped outcome associations with vitamin D status for evidence of underlying pathophysiological processes, or of confounding, finding that som ...[more]