Ethnicity

Increasing female preponderance of multiple sclerosis in Isfahan, Iran: a population-based study. Mult Scler. 2010 Mar;16(3):359–61.
Vitamin D status and its associations with disease activity and severity in African Americans with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2010 Feb;37(2):275–81.
Season of birth and multiple sclerosis in Sweden. Acta Neurol Scand. 2010 Jan;121(1):20–3.
Urgent action needed to improve vitamin D status among older people in England! Age Ageing. 2010 Jan;39(1):62–8.
Association analyses of vitamin D-binding protein gene with compression strength index variation in Caucasian nuclear families. Osteoporos Int. 2010 Jan;21(1):99–107.
Vitamin d and chronic pain in immigrant and ethnic minority patients—investigation of the relationship and comparison with native Western populations. Int J Endocrinol. 2010;2010:753075.
Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration, Life Factors and Obesity in Mexican Children. Obesity (Silver Spring).
Vitamin D level: is it related to disease activity in inflammatory joint disease? Rheumatol Int. 2009 Dec 23.
Association of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms with the risk of prostate cancer in the Han population of Southern China. BMC Med Genet. 2009 Dec 4;10:125.
Interaction of vitamin D receptor with HLA DRB1 0301 in type 1 diabetes patients from North India. PLoS One. 2009 Dec 2;4(12):e8023.
Association between VDR and ESR1 gene polymorphisms with bone and obesity phenotypes in Chinese male nuclear families. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2009 Dec;30(12):1634–42.
25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, race, and the progression of kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Dec;20(12):2631–9.
Low levels of vitamin D in North Indian children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes. 2009 Nov 9.
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to type 1 diabetes in Crete, Greece. Clin Immunol. 2009 Nov;133(2):276–81.
Association between depressive symptoms and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in middle-aged and elderly Chinese. J Affect Disord. 2009 Nov;118(1–3):240–3.
The prevalence of vitamin D abnormalities in South Asians with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the UK. Int J Clin Pract. 2009 Oct 27.
Calcium, vitamin D and dairy intake in relation to type 2 diabetes risk in a Japanese cohort. Diabetologia. 2009 Oct 13.
Perinatal Outcomes, Including Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, and Child Mortality and Their Association with Maternal Vitamin D Status in Tanzania. J Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 1;200(7):1022–30.
Nutrition status in Argentinean children 6 to 72 months old: results from the National Nutrition and Health Survey (ENNyS). Arch Argent Pediatr. 2009 Oct;107(5):397–404.
Doing the month: rickets and post-partum convalescence in rural China. Midwifery. 2009 Oct;25(5):588–96.
Vitamin D deficiency in early childhood: prevalent in the sunny South Pacific. Public Health Nutr. 2009 Oct;12(10):1893–901.
No association between vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and coronary artery disease in a Chinese population. DNA Cell Biol. 2009 Oct;28(10):521–5.
Vitamin D supplementation reduces insulin resistance in South Asian women living in New Zealand who are insulin resistant and vitamin D deficient - a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Br J Nutr. 2009 Sep 28:1–7.
Does vitamin D supplementation of healthy Danish Caucasian girls affect bone turnover and bone mineralization? Bone. 2009 Sep 6.
Vitamin D replacement in pregnant women in rural north India: a pilot study. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep;63(9):1157–9.
Heritability and environmental factors affecting vitamin D status in rural Chinese adolescent twins. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Sep;94(9):3273–81.
Major influences on nutrient intake in pregnant New Zealand women. Matern Child Health J. 2009 Sep;13(5):695–706.
The effect of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 on intestinal calcium absorption in Nigerian children with rickets. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Sep;94(9):3314–21.
Differences in the prevalence of growth, endocrine and vitamin D abnormalities among the various thalassaemia syndromes in North America. Br J Haematol. 2009 Sep;146(5):546–56.
Threshold for effects of vitamin D deficiency on glucose metabolism in obese female African-American adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Sep;94(9):3200–6.
Calcium and Vitamin D Status in Heart Failure Patients in Isfahan, Iran. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2009 Aug 19.
Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and depressive symptoms in Japanese: analysis by survey season. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2009 Aug 19.
Assessment of nutritional quality in healthy pregnant women of the Canary Islands, Spain. Med Clin (Barc). 2009 Aug 11.
Prevalence and Associations of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency in US Children: NHANES 2001–2004. Pediatrics. 2009 Aug 3.
Vitamin D Status and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in the United States Adolescent Population. Pediatrics. 2009 Aug 3.
Maternal plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and birthweight, growth and bone mineral accretion of Gambian infants. Acta Paediatr. 2009 Aug;98(8):1360–2.
Prevalence and risk factors of low bone mineral density and 25-hydroxyvitamin D status in young healthy epileptic adult patients in a tropical Asian country taking antiepileptic drug. Bone. 2009 Aug;45(2):232–7.
Nutritional rickets in Denmark: a retrospective review of children's medical records from 1985 to 2005. Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Aug;168(8):941–9.
Vitamin D Insufficiency Is Prevalent among Pregnant African American Adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2009 Jul 28.
Relationship of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone to obesity and body composition in African Americans. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Jul 28.
Association study between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and asthma in the chinese han population: a case-control study. BMC Med Genet. 2009 Jul 21;10(1):71.
The Vitamin D Status Among Tibetans. Photochem Photobiol. 2009 Jul 1;85(4):1028–1031.
Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and metabolic syndrome among middle-aged and elderly Chinese individuals. Diabetes Care. 2009 Jul;32(7):1278–83.
Acute leukemia among the adult population of United Arab Emirates: an epidemiological study. Leuk Lymphoma. 2009 Jul;50(7):1138–47.
Vitamin D deficiency and nutritional status in elderly hospitalized subjects in Iceland. Public Health Nutr. 2009 Jul;12(7):1001–5.
Ganglioneuroblastoma-associated vitamin D deficiency rickets. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Jul;31(7):502–4.
Association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and cognitive performance in middle-aged and older European men. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2009 Jul;80(7):722–9.
Threshold for effects of vitamin D deficiency on glucose metabolism in obese female African American adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Jun 23.
Association of Plasma Vitamin D Levels with Adiposity in Hispanic and African Americans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Jun 23.
Global vitamin D status and determinants of hypovitaminosis D. Osteoporos Int. 2009 Jun 19.
Association analyses of vitamin D-binding protein gene with compression strength index variation in Caucasian nuclear families. Osteoporos Int. 2009 Jun 19.
Prevalence and correlates of vitamin D status in African American men. BMC Public Health. 2009 Jun 18;9(1):191.
Differences in vitamin D levels likely explain ethnic differences in incidence of congestive heart failure. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Jun 8;169(11):1075.
Clinical Responses to a Mega-dose of Vitamin D3 in Infants and Toddlers With Vitamin D Deficiency Rickets. J Trop Pediatr. 2009 Jun 8.
High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women and their newborns in an Iranian population. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jun;18(6):835–9.
High prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in Morocco: relationship to lifestyle, physical performance, bone markers, and bone mineral density. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Jun;38(6):444–51.
Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in children with early chronic kidney disease. J Pediatr. 2009 Jun;154(6):906–11.e1.
Prevalence of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms FokI and BsmI in Brazilian individuals with type 1 diabetes and their relation to beta-cell autoimmunity and to remaining beta-cell function. Hum Immunol. 2009 Jun;70(6):447–51.
Vitamin D receptor variants and breast cancer risk in the Polish population. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Jun;115(3):629–33.
Poor vitamin D status may contribute to high risk for insulin resistance, obesity, and cardiovascular disease in Asian Indians. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Jun;72(6):647–51.
Long-term trends in the incidence of type 1 diabetes in Denmark: the seasonal variation changes over time. Pediatr Diabetes. 2009 Jun;10(4):248–54.
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients attending a general otolaryngology clinic in South Auckland. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2009 May;118(5):326–8.
Vitamin D insufficiency is common in Indian mothers but is not associated with gestational diabetes or variation in newborn size. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2009 May;63(5):646–52.
Dietary calcium and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status in relation to BMD among U.S. adults. J Bone Miner Res. 2009 May;24(5):935–42.
Vitamin D deficiency and supplementation during pregnancy. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 May;70(5):685–90.
Vitamin D deficiency in rural girls and pregnant women despite abundant sunshine in northern India. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 May;70(5):680–4.
Vitamin D and sun protection: the impact of mixed public health messages in Australia. Int J Cancer. 2009 Apr 15;124(8):1963–70.
Vitamin D status among immigrant mothers from Pakistan, Turkey and Somalia and their infants attending child health clinics in Norway. Br J Nutr. 2009 Apr;101(7):1052–8.
Hip fractures in the elderly in Israel—possible impact of preventable conditions. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2009 Mar–Apr;48(2):182–5.
Determinants of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in African-American and Caucasian male veterans. Osteoporos Int. 2009 Mar 12.
Myalgias or non-specific muscle pain in Arab or Indo-Pakistani patients may indicate vitamin D deficiency. Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Mar 10.
Ecological Studies Of Ultraviolet B, Vitamin D And Cancer Since 2000. Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Mar 6.
Latitude Variation in Pancreatic Cancer Mortality in Australia. Pancreas. 2009 Mar 6.
Genetic and environmental factors in human osteoporosis from Sub-Saharan to Mediterranean areas. J Bone Miner Metab. 2009 Mar 3.
Estimated benefit of increased vitamin D status in reducing the economic burden of disease in Western Europe. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2009 Mar 3.
Behavioural and physical characteristics associated with vitamin D status in women. Bone. 2009 Mar 2.
5' regulatory and 3' untranslated region polymorphisms of vitamin D receptor gene in south Indian HIV and HIV-TB patients. J Clin Immunol. 2009 Mar;29(2):196–204.
The efficacy and safety of calcitriol and/or Caltrate D in elderly Chinese women with low bone mass. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2009 Mar;30(3):372–8.
The effect of combined calcium and vitamin D3 supplementation on serum intact parathyroid hormone in moderate CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Mar;53(3):408–16.
Positive association between the course of vitamin D intake and bone mineral density at 36 years in men. Bone. 2009 Mar;44(3):437–41.
Predictors of 25-hydroxyvitamin D status among adults in two British national surveys. Br J Nutr. 2009 Mar;101(5):760–4.
Vitamin D, PTH and calcium levels in pregnant women and their neonates. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Mar;70(3):372–7.
Absence of adynamic bone disease in African- Americans with CKD Stage 5 after 3 years of vitamin D therapy guided by iPTH and the PTH-(1-84)/N-terminally truncated PTH fragments ratio. Clin Nephrol. 2009 Mar;71(3):267–75.
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and the risk of colorectal cancer in a Chinese population. Dig Dis Sci. 2009 Mar;54(3):634–9.
Incidence and prevalence of nutritional and hereditary rickets in southern Denmark. Eur J Endocrinol. 2009 Mar;160(3):491–7.
A prospective investigation of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of lymphoid cancers. Int J Cancer. 2009 Feb 15;124(4):979–86.
High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in young children in a highly sunny humid country: a global health problem. Minerva Pediatr. 2009 Feb;61(1):15–22.
Vitamin D status and muscle function in post-menarchal adolescent girls. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Feb;94(2):559–63.
Vitamin D intake and breast cancer risk: a case-control study in Italy. Ann Oncol. 2009 Feb;20(2):374–8.
Seasonal variance of 25-(OH) vitamin D in the general population of Estonia, a Northern European country. BMC Public Health 2009 Jan 19, 9:22.
Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and premenopausal breast cancer risk in a German case-control study. Int J Cancer. 2009 Jan 1;124(1):250–5.
Severe Vitamin D-deficiency and the Health of North China Children. Matern Child Health J. 2009 Jan;13(1):144–50.
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency rickets in the eastern part of Turkey. Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Jan;168(1):95–100.
Effects of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms on low-resistance training using exercise machines: The 'Power Rehabilitation' program. Int J Mol Med. 2009 Jan;23(1):81–8.
Genetic analysis of the vitamin D receptor gene in two epithelial cancers: melanoma and breast cancer case-control studies. BMC Cancer. 2008 Dec 23;8(1):385.
Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Primary Cesarean Section. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Dec 23.
Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration and Cognitive Impairment. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2008 Dec 10.
Efficacy of food fortification on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations: systematic review. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Dec 7. Review.
Differences in vitamin D status as a possible contributor to the racial disparity in peripheral arterial disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Dec 7.
Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in Iranian patients with inflammatory bowel disease. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Dec;23(12):1816–22.
Hypovitaminosis D is common among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tanzania but is not explained by the acute phase response. J Nutr. 2008 Dec;138(12):2474–80.
A systematic review of the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in South America. Eur J Neurol. 2008 Dec;15(12):1273–8.
The contribution of diet and sun exposure to the nutritional status of vitamin D in elderly Spanish women: the five countries study (OPTIFORD Project). Nutr Hosp. 2008 Nov–Dec;23(6):567–76.
Closing the Gap: Bone Health Education in Orthopaedic Practice. Orthop Nurs. 2008 Nov–Dec;27(6):340–6; quiz 347–8.
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients attending a multidisciplinary tertiary pain clinic. N Z Med J. 2008 Nov 28;121(1286):57–62.
Vitamin D intake during pregnancy: Association with maternal characteristics and infant birth weight. Early Hum Dev. 2008 Nov 11.
Dietary calcium and vitamin D intakes in childhood and throughout adulthood and mammographic density in a British birth cohort. Br J Cancer. 2008 Nov 4;99(9):1539–43.
Prevalence of low bone mass and deficiencies of vitamins D and K in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis from 3 Canadian centers. Pediatrics. 2008 Nov;122(5):1014–20.
Vitamin D deficiency in healthy children in a sunny country: associated factors. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2008 Oct 22:1–11.
Functional gene polymorphisms in canadian aboriginal populations with high rates of tuberculosis. J Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 15;198(8):1175–9.
Alendronate once weekly for the prevention and treatment of bone loss in Canadian adult cystic fibrosis patients (CFOS trial). Chest. 2008 Oct;134(4):794–800.
Urban tropospheric ozone increases the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among Belgian postmenopausal women with outdoor activities during summer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Oct;93(10):3893–9.
Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in young children undergoing placement of tympanostomy tubes. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2008 Oct;117(10):740–4.
Dietary assessment of Indigenous Canadian Arctic women with a focus on pregnancy and lactation. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2008 Sep;67(4):349–62.
High Risk of Vitamin D Deficiency in Children with Sickle Cell Disease. ADA Journal. Volume 108, Issue 9, Pages 1512–1516 (Sept 2008).
Contributions (in 2005) of marine and fresh water products (finfish and shellfish, seafood, wild and farmed) to the French dietary intakes of vitamins D and B12, selenium, iodine and docosahexaenoic acid: impact on public health. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2008 Sep;59(6):491–501.
Genetic and environmental determinants of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels in Hispanic and African Americans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Sep;93(9):3381–8.
The vitamin D receptor Fok1 polymorphism and bone mineral density in Chinese children. Clin Chim Acta. 2008 Sep;395(1–2):111–4.
Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis by rheumatologists in a Latin-American city. J Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Jun;14(3):153–5.
Calcium and vitamin D intake influence bone mass, but not short-term fracture risk, in Caucasian postmenopausal women from the National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment (NORA) study. Osteoporos Int. 2008 May;19(5):673–9.
Is there convincing biological or behavioral evidence linking vitamin D deficiency to brain dysfunction? FASEB J. 2008 Apr;22(4):982–1001. Review.
The effect of a single dose versus a daily dose of cholecalciferol on the serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol and parathyroid hormone levels in the elderly with secondary hyperparathyroidism living in a low-income housing unit. J Bone Miner Metab. 2008;26(6):603–8.
Vitamin D Deficiency among HIV Type 1-Infected Individuals in the Netherlands: Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 2008 Oct. 18. Vol. 4 No. 11.
Association of Genetic Polymorphisms in Vitamin D Receptor Gene and Susceptibility to Sporadic Prostate Cancer. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2008 Oct 10.
Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and premenopausal breast cancer risk in a German case-control study. Int J Cancer. 2008 Oct 6;124(1):250–255.
Dietary induction of colonic tumors in a mouse model of sporadic colon cancer. Cancer Res. 2008 Oct 1;68(19):7803–10.
Urban tropospheric ozone increases the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among Belgian postmenopausal women with outdoor activities during summer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Oct;93(10):3893–9.
22 Marabou Symposium: the changing faces of vitamin D. Nutr Rev. 2008 Oct;66(10 Suppl 2):S213–7.
Trends in news coverage about skin cancer prevention, 1993–2006: increasingly mixed messages for the public. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2008 Oct;32(5):461–6.
Calcium, dairy foods, vitamin D, and colorectal cancer risk: the Fukuoka Colorectal Cancer Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Oct;17(10):2800–7.
A novel SNP in a vitamin D response element of the CYP24A1 promoter reduces protein binding, transactivation, and gene expression. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2008 Sep 6.
Risk of prostate, breast and colorectal cancer after skin cancer diagnosis. Int J Cancer. 2008 Sep 3;123(12):2899–2901.
Osteoporotic Caucasian and South Asian women: a qualitative study of general practitioners' support. J R Soc Health. 2008 Sep;128(5):263–70.
Polymorphisms of the VDR gene are associated with presence of solar keratoses on the skin. Br J Dermatol. 2008 Sep;159(4):804–10.
Prospective study of combined treatment with interferon-alpha and active vitamin D3 for Japanese patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Int J Urol. 2008 Sep;15(9):794–9.
25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and the risk of mortality in the general population. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Aug 11;168(15):1629–37.
Natural history and risk factors for bone loss in postmenopausal Caucasian women: a 15-year follow-up population-based study. Osteoporos Int. 2008 Aug;19(8):1211–7.
Assessing the vitamin D status of the US population. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):558S–564S. Review.
Osteoarthritis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Aug;22(4):657–75.
African Americans, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and osteoporosis: a paradox. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):545S–550S. Review.
Vitamin D across the lifecycle: physiology and biomarkers. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):500S–506S. Review.
25-Hydroxyvitamin D: functional outcomes in infants and young children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):529S–533S. Review.
The remodeling transient and the calcium economy. Osteoporos Int. 2008 Jul;19(7):1001–9.
Vitamin D insufficiency in a multiethnic cohort of breast cancer survivors. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jul;88(1):133–9.
Regulatory region polymorphisms of vitamin D receptor gene in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and normal healthy subjects of south India. Int J Immunogenet. 2008 Jun;35(3):251–4.
Hypovitaminosis D among healthy children in the United States: a review of the current evidence. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Jun;162(6):513–9. Review.
Long-term outcome after parathyroidectomy in patients with advanced primary hyperparathyroidism and associated vitamin D deficiency. World J Surg. 2008 May;32(5):829–35.
Association of vitamin D receptor gene 3'-variants with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in the Croatian population. Int J Immunogenet. 2008 Apr;35(2):125–31.
Pakistani immigrant children and adults in Denmark have severely low vitamin D status. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2008 May;62(5):625–34.
Vitamin D status in postmenopausal women living at higher latitudes in the UK in relation to bone health, overweight, sunlight exposure and dietary vitamin D. Bone. 2008 May;42(5):996–1003.
The effect of ultraviolet B-induced vitamin D levels on host resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a pilot study in immigrant Asian adults living in the United Kingdom. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2008 Apr;24(2):97–8.
Vitamin D insufficiency in southern Arizona. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Mar;87(3):608–13.
Prevalence & potential significance of vitamin D deficiency in Asian Indians. Indian J Med Res. 2008 Mar;127(3):229–38. Review.
Vitamin D status in Andhra Pradesh : a population based study. Indian J Med Res. 2008 Mar;127(3):211–8.
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 1;46(3):443–6.
Hypovitaminosis D in obese children and adolescents: relationship with adiposity, insulin sensitivity, ethnicity, and season. Metabolism. 2008 Feb;57(2):183–91.
Lack of association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus in the Portuguese population. Hum Immunol. 2008 Feb;69(2):134–8.
First Homo erectus from Turkey and implications for migrations into temperate Eurasia. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2008 Jan;135(1):110–6.
Vitamin D deficiency in psychiatric in-patients and treatment with daily supplements of calcium and ergocalciferol. Psychiatric Bulletin (2008) 32: 390–393.
Vitamin K prescribing patterns and bone health surveillance in UK children with cystic fibrosis. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2007 Dec;20(6):605–10.
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and epithelial ovarian cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Dec;16(12):2566–71.
Dose response to vitamin D supplementation among postmenopausal African American women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Dec;86(6):1657–62.
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in a West African population of tuberculosis patients and unmatched healthy controls. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Nov;86(5):1376–83.
Reactivation of tuberculosis and vitamin D deficiency: the contribution of diet and exposure to sunlight. Thorax. 2007 Nov;62(11):1003–7.
Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Oct 17;(4):CD006164. Review.
DC-SIGN (CD209), pentraxin 3 and vitamin D receptor gene variants associate with pulmonary tuberculosis risk in West Africans. Genes Immun. 2007 Sep;8(6):456–67.
Seasonal changes in vitamin D status and bone turnover in healthy Irish postmenopausal women. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2007 Sep;77(5):320–5.
Effectiveness and safety of vitamin D in relation to bone health. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2007 Aug;(158):1–235. Review.
Vitamin D-deficiency rickets among children in Canada. CMAJ. 2007 Jul 17;177(2):161–6.
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility M. tuberculosis in native Paraguayans. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2007 Jul;87(4):329–37.
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, ethnicity, and blood pressure in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Hypertens. 2007 Jul;20(7):713–9.
Vitamin d and rehabilitation: improving functional outcomes. Nutr Clin Pract. 2007 Jun;22(3):297–304. Review.
Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces cancer risk: results of a randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Jun;85(6):1586–91.
Low vitamin D status despite abundant sun exposure. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jun;92(6):2130–5.
Elevated blood lead concentrations and vitamin D deficiency in winter and summer in young urban children. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Apr;115(4):630–5.
High prevalence of low dietary calcium, high phytate consumption, and vitamin D deficiency in healthy south Indians. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Apr;85(4):1062–7.
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency rickets in adolescent school girls in Western region, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J. 2007 Mar;28(3):441–4.
25-Hydroxyvitamin D, insulin resistance, and kidney function in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Kidney Int. 2007 Jan;71(2):134–9.
Optimal vitamin D status for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Drugs Aging. 2007;24(12):1017–29. Review.
Concomitant lower serum albumin and vitamin D levels are associated with decreased objective physical performance among Japanese community-dwelling elderly. Gerontology. 2007;53(5):322–8.
Health issues in newly arrived African refugees attending general practice clinics in Melbourne. Med J Aust. 2006 Dec 4–18;185(11–12):602–6.
Study on the association of two polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene with the susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Chinese Tibetans. Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2006 Nov;37(6):847–51.
Severe vitamin D deficiency in chronic renal failure patients on peritoneal dialysis. Clin Nephrol. 2006 Oct;66(4):247–55.
Distinct association of gene polymorphisms of estrogen receptor and vitamin D receptor with lumbar spondylosis in post-menopausal women. Eur Spine J. 2006 Oct;15(10):1521–8.
Vitamin D status in a rural postmenopausal female population. J Am Coll Nutr. 2006 Oct;25(5):395–402.
Renal tubular acidosis type 2 with Fanconi's syndrome, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, and secondary hyperaldosteronism in an adult consequent to vitamin D and calcium deficiency: effect of vitamin D and calcium citrate therapy. Endocr Pract. 2006 Sep–Oct;12(5):559–67.
Association of HLA-DR, -DQ, and vitamin D receptor alleles and haplotypes with tuberculosis in the Venda of South Africa. Hum Immunol. 2006 Aug;67(8):643–54.
Vitamin D metabolism in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is influenced by chewing "betel nut" (Areca catechu) and vitamin D status. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Jul;91(7):2612–7.
Low vitamin D status in mother-newborn pairs in Greece. Calcif Tissue Int. 2006 Jun;78(6):337–42.
Vitamin D and African Americans. J Nutr. 2006 Apr;136(4):1126–9.
Vitamin D status of 51–75-year-old Irish women: its determinants and impact on biochemical indices of bone turnover. Public Health Nutr. 2006 Apr;9(2):225–33.
Toll-like receptor triggering of a vitamin D-mediated human antimicrobial response. Science. 2006 Mar 24;311(5768):1770–3.
Severe vitamin D deficiency in Hawai'i: a case report. Hawaii Med J. 2006 Jan;65(1):16–17, 20.
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility of hand osteoarthritis in Finnish women. Arthritis Res Ther. 2006;8(1):R20.
Association between serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and gingival inflammation. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Sep;82(3):575–80.
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Vitamin D3 Supplementation in African American Women. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Jul 25;165:1618–1623.
Prevalence and associations of vitamin D deficiency in foreign-born persons with tuberculosis in London. J Infect. 2005 Jun;50(5):432–7.
Vitamin D receptor variants in 192 patients with schizophrenia and other psychiatric diseases. Neurosci Lett. 2005 May 20–27;380(1–2):37–41.
High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women and their newborns in northern India Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 May;81(5):1060–4.
Vitamin-D receptor (VDR) gene (Fok-I, Taq-I and Apa-I) polymorphisms in healthy individuals from north Indian population. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2005 Apr–Jun;6(2):147–52.
Hypercalcemia in hepatic tuberculosis: a case report in Korea. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Apr;72(4):368–9.
Quantitative association tests of immune responses to antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a study of twins in West Africa. Twin Res. 2004 Dec;7(6):578–88.
Nutritional rickets among children in the United States: review of cases reported between 1986 and 2003. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Dec;80(6 Suppl):1697S–705S. Review.
Vitamin D fortification in the United States and Canada: current status and data needs. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Dec;80(6 Suppl):1710S–6S. Review.
Racial/ethnic considerations in making recommendations for vitamin D for adult and elderly men and women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Dec;80(6 Suppl):1763S–6S. Review.
Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa: a case-control and family study. J Infect Dis. 2004 Nov 1;190(9):1631–41.
Large-scale candidate gene study of tuberculosis susceptibility in the Karonga district of northern Malawi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Sep;71(3):341–9.
Association between serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and periodontal disease in the US population. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Jul;80(1):108–13.
Prevalence and seasonal variation of hypovitaminosis D and its relationship to bone metabolism in community dwelling postmenopausal Hungarian women. Osteoporos Int. 2004 Jun;15(6):447–51.
Which circulating level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D is appropriate? J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2004 May;89–90(1–5):611–4. Review.
VDR and NRAMP1 gene polymorphisms in susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis among the Chinese Han population: a case-control study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2004 Apr;8(4):428–34.
Association of subclinical vitamin D deficiency with severe acute lower respiratory infection in Indian children under 5 y. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2004 Apr;58(4):563–7.
Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Mar;79(3):362–71. Review.
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