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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages 91-100Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.014779
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- Ultraviolet Foundation, McLean, VA
- Vitamin D Society, Canada
- European Sunlight Association, Brussels, Belgium
- Vitamin D Council, California
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Background: Low vitamin D status may increase mortality risk. Objective: We used nonparametric (highest compared with lowest categories) and parametric (>2 categories) statistical models to evaluate associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] serum concentrations and mortality in observational studies among general populations. Design: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and reference lists for relevant articles. We included studies that contained data on relative risks (RRs) for mortality for different 25(OH)D concentrations, which included a corresponding measure of uncertainty, and this yielded 14 prospective cohort studies that involved 5562 deaths out of 62,548 individuals. We applied log-transformed RRs and CIs, adjusted for the maximal number of confounding variables. In the parametric model, which is based on 11 studies and 59,231 individuals, we used the lowest quantile as the reference category. Results: For highest compared with lowest categories of 25(OH)D, the estimated summary RR of mortality was 0.71 (95% CI: 0.50, 0.91). In the parametric model, the estimated summary RRs (95% CI) of mortality were 0.86 (0.82, 0.91), 0.77 (0.70, 0.84), and 0.69 (0.60, 0.78) for individuals with an increase of 12.5, 25, and 50 nmol 25(OH)D serum values/L, respectively, from a median reference category of similar to 27.5 nmol/L. There was, however, no significant decrease in mortality when an increase of similar to 87.5 nmol/L above the reference category occurred. Conclusion: Data suggest a nonlinear decrease in mortality risk as circulating 25(OH) D increases, with optimal concentrations similar to 75-87.5 nmol/L. Am J Clin Nutr 2012;95:91-100.
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