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ArticleThe Journal of nutrition2019

Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations Are Inversely Associated with All-Cause Mortality among a Prospective Cohort of Chinese Adults Aged ≥80 Years.

Chen Mao, Fu-Rong Li, Zhao-Xue Yin, Yue-Bin Lv, Jie-Si Luo, Jin-Qiu Yuan, Florence Mhungu, Jiao-Nan Wang, Wan-Ying Shi, Jin-Hui Zhou and 5 more

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Article in The Journal of nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Chen MaoDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University (Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research), Guangzhou, China.
Fu-Rong LiDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University (Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research), Guangzhou, China.
Zhao-Xue YinDivision of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Community Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Yue-Bin LvNational Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Jie-Si LuoNational Training Center, Red Cross Society of China, Beijing, China.
Jin-Qiu YuanDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University (Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research), Guangzhou, China.
Florence MhunguDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University (Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research), Guangzhou, China.
Jiao-Nan WangNational Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Wan-Ying ShiNational Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Jin-Hui ZhouNational Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Guo-Chong ChenDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Xiang GaoNutritional Epidemiology Lab, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Virginia Byers KrausDuke Molecular Physiology Institute and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Xian-Bo WuDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University (Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research), Guangzhou, China.
Xiao-Ming ShiNational Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention · CNSouthern Medical University · CNAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USDuke University · USPennsylvania State University · USRed Cross Society of China · CN

Funding

Resource Core 3 - Metabolomics CoreP30AG028716 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Sarah B. Peskoe · 2006 to 2026
$24.6M
THE RANGE OF MALE-FEMALE MORTALITY DIFFERENCESP01AG031719 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CHRISTENSEN, KAARE · 2009 to 2020
$10.2M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG031719NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHigh concentrations of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], a marker of circulating vitamin D, have been associated with a lower risk of mortality in epidemiologic studies of multiple populations, but the association for Chinese adults aged ≥80 y (oldest old) remains unclear.

objectiveWe investigated the association between plasma [25(OH)D] concentration and all-cause mortality among Chinese adults aged ≥80 y.

designThe present study is a prospective cohort study of 2185 Chinese older adults (median age: 93 y). Prospective all-cause mortality data were analyzed for survival in relation to plasma 25(OH)D using Cox proportional hazards regression models, with adjustments for potential sociodemographic and lifestyle confounders and biomarkers. The associations were measured with HR and 95% CIs.

resultsThe median plasma 25(OH)D concentration was 34.4 nmol/L at baseline. Over the 5466 person-year follow-up period, 1100 deaths were identified. Men and women were analyzed together as no effect modification by sex was found. After adjusting for multiple potential confounders, the risk of all-cause mortality decreased as the plasma 25(OH)D concentration increased (P-trend <0.01). Compared with the lowest age-specific quartile of plasma 25(OH)D, the adjusted HRs for mortality for the second, third, and fourth age-specific quartiles were 0.72 (95% CI: 0.57, 0.90), 0.73 (95% CI: 0.58, 0.93), and 0.61 (95% CI: 0.47, 0.81), respectively. The observed associations were broadly consistent across age and other subgroups. Sensitivity analyses generated similar results after excluding participants who died within 2 y of follow-up or after further adjustment for ethnicity and chronic diseases.

conclusionsA higher plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration was associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality among Chinese adults aged ≥80 y. This observed inverse association warrants further investigation in randomized controlled trials testing vitamin D supplementation in this age group.

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MortalityAged, 80 and overAge FactorsAgingAsian PeopleBiomarkersChinaCohort StudiesFemaleHumansLongevityLongitudinal StudiesMaleProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk Factors25-hydroxyvitamin DBiomarkersVitamin D25-hydroxyvitamin DCommunity-basedmortalityoldest oldsurvival

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PMID30949685
PMCPMC6543202
OpenAlexW2931146215

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