Abstract | BACKGROUND:
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in observational studies. The specific causes of death underlying this association lack clarity. We investigated the association between vitamin D status and cause-specific mortality. METHODS: We included a total of 9,146 individuals from the two population-based studies, Monica10 and Inter99, conducted in 1993-94 and 1999-2001, respectively. Vitamin D status was assessed as serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Information on causes of death was obtained from The Danish Register of Causes of Death until 31 December 2009. There were a total of 832 deaths (median follow-up 10.3 years). RESULTS: Multivariable Cox regression analyses with age as underlying time axis and vitamin D quartiles showed significant associations between vitamin D status and death caused by diseases of the respiratory system, the digestive system, and endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases with hazard ratios (HRs) 0.26 (p(trend) = 0.0042), 0.28 (p(trend) = 0.0040), and 0.21 (p(trend) = 0.035), respectively, for the fourth vitamin D quartile compared to the first. We found non-significantly lower HRs for death caused by mental and behavioural diseases and diseases of the nervous system, but no association between vitamin D status and death caused by neoplasms or diseases of the circulatory system. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Tea Skaaby, Lise Lotte Nystrup Husemoen, Charlotta Pisinger, Torben Jørgensen, Betina Heinsbæk Thuesen, Mogens Fenger, Allan Linneberg |
Journal | PloS one
(PLoS One)
Vol. 7
Issue 12
Pg. e52423
( 2012)
ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 23285034
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Vitamin D
- 25-hydroxyvitamin D
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Topics |
- Cause of Death
- Confidence Intervals
- Denmark
(epidemiology)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mortality
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Risk Factors
- Vitamin D
(analogs & derivatives, blood)
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