Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of cancer in a large community population under investigation for cardiovascular disease: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It remains unclear whether vitamin D status is related to cancer risk. We examined this relationship using laboratory, administrative and survey data.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

All care settings within Calgary, Alberta, Canada and surrounding rural communities.

Participants

Patients tested for serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D from 2009 to 2013 without a past cancer diagnosis but with an ECG and body mass index ±3 months from testing were included. Age, sex, mean hours of daylight during month of testing were linked to census dissemination area-level indicators of socioeconomic status measured in 2011.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Hospital discharge diagnoses for any cancer, major cancer (colorectal, breast, lung, prostate,

SUBMITTER: Yang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8772408 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature