Vitamin D intake is associated with insulin sensitivity in African American, but not European American, women

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is higher among African Americans (AA) vs European Americans (EA), independent of obesity and other known confounders. Although the reason for this disparity is not known, it is possible that relatively low levels of vitamin D among AA may contribute, as...

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Main Authors: Alvarez, Jessica A, Bush, Nikki C, Choquette, Suzanne S, Hunter, Gary R, Darnell, Betty E, Oster, Robert A, Gower, Barbara A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2868016/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398267
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-7-28
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