Genome-wide association study of circulating vitamin D levels

Ahn, Jiyoung; Yu, Kai; Z. Stolzenberg‐Solomon, Rachael; Simon, KG; L. McCullough, Marjorie; Gallicchio, Lisa; J. Jacobs, Eric; Ascherio, Alberto; J. Helzlsouer, Kathy; B. Jacobs, Kevin; Li, Qizhai; J. Weinstein, Stephanie; P. Purdue, Mark; Virtamo, Jarmo; L. Horst, Ronald; Wheeler, William; Chanock, Stephen; J. Hunter, David; B. Hayes, Richard; Kraft, Peter; Albanes, Demetrius

doi:10.1093/hmg/ddq155

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Genome-wide association study of circulating vitamin D levels

Published in Human Molecular Genetics • Apr 23, 2010

Authors:

Jiyoung Ahn

Kai Yu

Rachael Z. Stolzenberg‐Solomon

Abstract

The primary circulating form of vitamin D, 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25(OH)D], is associated with multiple medical outcomes, including rickets, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis and cancer. In a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 4501 persons of European ancestry drawn from five cohorts, we identifi...

Subject

Biology

Single-nucleotide polymorphism

Vitamin D-binding protein

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