Differences in vitamin D status as a possible contributor to the racial disparity in peripheral arterial disease
- 1 December 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 88 (6) , 1469-1477
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2008.26447
Abstract
Background:Racial differences in cardiovascular risk factors do not fully explain the higher prevalence of lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in black adults.Keywords
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