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SUBMITTER: Langer-Gould A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5852760 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Langer-Gould Annette A Lucas Robyn M RM Xiang Anny H AH Wu Jun J Chen Lie H LH Gonzales Edlin E Haraszti Samantha S Smith Jessica B JB Quach Hong H Barcellos Lisa F LF
Nutrients 20180207 2
Blacks have different dominant polymorphisms in the vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) gene that result in higher bioavailable vitamin D than whites. This study tested whether the lack of association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) risk in blacks and Hispanics is due to differences in these common polymorphisms (rs7041, rs4588). We recruited incident MS cases and controls (blacks 116 cases/131 controls; Hispanics 183/197; whites 247/267) from Kaiser Permanente Southe ...[more]