Chronic kidney disease, hypovitaminosis D, and mortality in the United States

• Published in: Kidney international Vol. 76; no. 9; pp. 977 - 983
• Main Authors: Mehrotra, Rajnish, Kermah, Dulcie A., Salusky, Isidro B., Wolf, Myles S., Thadhani, Ravi I., Chiu, Yi-Wen, Martins, David, Adler, Sharon G., Norris, Keith C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Elsevier Inc 01.11.2009; Nature Publishing Group; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - blood; cardiovascular; Cardiovascular Diseases - blood; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; chronic kidney disease; Cohort Studies; Dietary Supplements; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Kidney Diseases - blood; Kidney Diseases - complications; Kidney Diseases - drug therapy; Kidney Diseases - mortality; Kidneys; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; mortality; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure; non-cardiovascular; Proportional Hazards Models; Renal failure; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; United States - epidemiology; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; vitamin D; Vitamin D - blood; Vitamin D - therapeutic use; Vitamin D Deficiency - blood; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications; Vitamin D Deficiency - drug therapy; Vitamin D Deficiency - mortality; United States; North America; America; mortality; chronic kidney disease; non-cardiovascular; cardiovascular; vitamin D; Kidney disease; Nephrology; Urinary system disease; Mortality; Nutrition disorder; Hypovitaminosis; Chronic kidney disease; Epidemiology; Urology; Vitamin D; Renal failure; Circulatory system

Low serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD) predicts a higher cardiovascular risk in the general population. Because patients with chronic kidney disease are more likely to have low serum 25OHD, we determined the relationship between hypovitaminosis D and death in this group. Analysis was done using a co...