Associations of Vitamin D–Binding Globulin and Bioavailable Vitamin D Concentrations With Coronary Heart Disease Events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Author(s) -
Cassianne RobinsonCohen,
Leila R. Zelnick,
Andrew N. Hoofnagle,
Pamela L. Lutsey,
Gregory L. Burke,
Erin D. Michos,
Steven Shea,
Russell P. Tracy,
David S. Siscovick,
Bruce M. Psaty,
Bryan Kestenbaum,
Ian H. de Boer
Publication year - 2017
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.2017-00296
Subject(s) - hazard ratio , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d binding protein , bioavailability , medicine , confidence interval , cohort , vitamin , coronary heart disease , endocrinology , pharmacology
Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) in people who are white and Chinese but not black or Hispanic. Vitamin D binding globulin (VDBG) avidly binds 25(OH)D, reducing its bioavailability, and differs in isoform and concentration by race.
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