TY - JOUR
T1 - Vitamin D deficiency amongst minority ethnic groups in the UK
T2 - a cross sectional study
AU - Patel, Jeetesh V
AU - Chackathayil, Julia
AU - Hughes, Elizabeth A
AU - Webster, Craig
AU - Lip, Gregory Y H
AU - Gill, Paramjit S
N1 - Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is common amongst minority groups in Britain but its magnitude amongst South Asian (SA) and Black African-Caribbean (AC) groups is not well defined. The steroidal, endocrine nature of vitamin D provides it with a putative link with cardiovascular disease (CVD), and we hypothesised that aberrant levels of this hormone would reflect a heightened risk of CVD in these ethnic groups. METHODS: SA (n=1105, 57% male) and AC (n=748, 51% male) were recruited as part of a community heart failure study from 20 primary care practices, Birmingham, UK. Vitamin D(2)/D(3) levels were measured to determine rates of total vitamin D status, which were age/sex adjusted. RESULTS: The majority of SAs had severe vitamin D deficiency (42.2%, 95% CI: 39.2-45.1), which was more frequent than in AC (12.5%, 10.2-14.9, p
AB - BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is common amongst minority groups in Britain but its magnitude amongst South Asian (SA) and Black African-Caribbean (AC) groups is not well defined. The steroidal, endocrine nature of vitamin D provides it with a putative link with cardiovascular disease (CVD), and we hypothesised that aberrant levels of this hormone would reflect a heightened risk of CVD in these ethnic groups. METHODS: SA (n=1105, 57% male) and AC (n=748, 51% male) were recruited as part of a community heart failure study from 20 primary care practices, Birmingham, UK. Vitamin D(2)/D(3) levels were measured to determine rates of total vitamin D status, which were age/sex adjusted. RESULTS: The majority of SAs had severe vitamin D deficiency (42.2%, 95% CI: 39.2-45.1), which was more frequent than in AC (12.5%, 10.2-14.9, p
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.05.081
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.05.081
M3 - Article
C2 - 23140614
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
ER -
