Vitamin D Metabolism-Related Gene Haplotypes and Their Association with Metabolic Disturbances Among African-American Urban Adults.

ABSTRACT: Epidemiological studies have confirmed associations of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and vitamin D-related gene polymorphisms with adiposity and other metabolic disturbances. Those associations may be sex-specific. We evaluated the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between metabolic disturbances and haplotypes constructed from single nucleotide polymorphisms of VDR (BsmI:G/A: rs1544410; ApaI:A/C: rs7975232; and TaqI:G/A: rs731236) and MEGALIN (rs3755166:G/A; rs2075252:C/T and rs2228171:C/T) genes, in a sample of African-American adults. From 1,024 African Americans participating in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS, 2004-2013, Baltimore, MD), our analyses included 539 participants with complete genetic, baseline covariate and metabolic

SUBMITTER: Beydoun MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5966433 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature