Free 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: Impact of Vitamin D Binding Protein Assays on Racial-Genotypic Associations
Author(s) -
Carrie M. Nielson,
Kerry S. Jones,
Rene F. Chun,
Jon Jacobs,
Ying Wang,
Martin Hewison,
John S. Adams,
Christine M. Swanson,
Christine G. Lee,
Dirk Vanderschueren,
Steven Pauwels,
Ann Prentice,
Richard Smith,
Tujin Shi,
Yuqian Gao,
Athena Schepmoes,
Joseph M. Zmuda,
Jodi Lapidus,
Jane A. Cauley,
Roger Bouillon,
Inez Schoenmakers,
Eric Orwoll
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2016-1104
Subject(s) - vitamin d binding protein , vitamin d and neurology , polyclonal antibodies , monoclonal , medicine , vitamin d deficiency , genotype , monoclonal antibody , endocrinology , demography , immunology , biology , genetics , antibody , gene , sociology
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.
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