ArticleInternational journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society2016
Vitamin D deficiency and incident stroke risk in community-living black and white adults.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the linkage between low vitamin D and the risk as well as the prognosis of stroke.Brain and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D on White Matter Hyperintensity in Elderly Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Vitamin D and Stroke: Effects on Incidence, Severity, and Outcome and the Potential Benefits of Supplementation.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
- Lower Vitamin D Status Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2018Pooled it
- Prevalence and risk factors of malnutrition in elderly hospitalized patients with post-stroke dysphagia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between vitamin D deficiency and subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
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- The associations of serum vitamin D status and vitamin D supplements use with all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia: a UK Biobank based prospective cohort study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Selected serum cytokines and vitamin D levels as potential prognostic markers of acute ischemic stroke.PloS one · 2024Article
- Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Diseases: An Update.Cureus · 2023Review
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- Evidence That Increasing Serum 25(OH)D Concentrations to 30 ng/mL in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Could Greatly Improve Health Outcomes.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Vitamin D levels among children, adolescents, adults, and elders in Pakistani population: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Vitamin D3 and Ischemic Stroke: A Narrative Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Role of Vitamin D in Stroke Prevention and the Effects of Its Supplementation for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with stroke history in a reverse J-shape.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Analysis of hot trends in research on the association between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Does the High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in African Americans Contribute to Health Disparities?Nutrients · 2021Review
- Nutritional Supplementation of Naturally Occurring Vitamin D to Improve Hemorrhagic Stroke Outcomes.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
- Association between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level and Stroke Risk: An Analysis Based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Behavioural neurology · 2021Article
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backgroundBlack individuals are at greater risk of stroke and vitamin D deficiency than white individuals. Epidemiologic studies have shown that low 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with increased risk of stroke, but these studies had limited representation of black individuals.
methodsWe examined the association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D with incident stroke in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, a cohort of black and white adults ≥45 years of age. Using a case-cohort study design, plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D was measured in 610 participants who developed incident stroke (cases) and in 937 stroke-free individuals from a stratified cohort random sample of REGARDS participants (comparison cohort).
resultsIn multivariable models adjusted for socio-demographic factors, co-morbidities and laboratory values including parathyroid hormone, lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations were associated with higher risk of stroke (25-hydroxyvitamin D >30 ng/mL reference; 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations 20-30 ng/mL, hazard ratio 1.33, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.89,1.96; 25-hydroxyvitamin D <20 ng/mL, hazard ratio 1.85, 95% CI 1.17, 2.93). There were no statistically significant differences in the association of lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D with higher risk of stroke in black vs. white participants in fully adjusted models (hazard ratio comparing lowest vs. highest 25-hydroxyvitamin D category 2.62, 95% CI 1.18, 5.83 in blacks vs. 1.64, 95% CI 0.83, 3.24 in whites, P(interaction) = 0.82). The associations were qualitatively unchanged when restricted to ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke subtypes or when using race-specific cut-offs for 25-hydroxyvitamin D categories.
conclusionsVitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for incident stroke and the strength of this association does not appear to differ by race.
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