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Association of vitamin D with risk of type 2 diabetes: A Mendelian randomisation study in European and Chinese adults.

Ling LuDerrick A BennettIona Y MillwoodSarah ParishMark I McCarthyAnubha MahajanXu LinFiona BraggYu GuoMichael V HolmesShoaib AfzalBørge G NordestgaardZheng BianMichael HillRobin G WaltersLiming LiZhengming ChenRobert J Clarke
Published in: PLoS medicine (2018)
The concordant risks of diabetes for biochemically measured and genetically instrumented differences in 25(OH)D using synthesis SNPs provide evidence for a causal effect of higher 25(OH)D for prevention of diabetes.
Keyphrases
  • type diabetes
  • glycemic control
  • cardiovascular disease
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic syndrome
  • risk assessment