Browsing Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) by Author "Grimnes, Guri"
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Clinical and laboratory aspects of vitamin D in relation to type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis. Results from the Tromsø Study and two randomized controlled trials.
Grimnes, Guri (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2011-11-18)There has been a large interest in possible beneficial health effects of increasing the vitamin D (as measured by 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D)) levels in the population. Data from the Tromsø Study were used to assess the relation between serum 25(OH)D levels and the risk of subsequent type 2 diabetes in 6119 participants. This risk was approximately doubled in the lowest serum 25(OH)D quartile as ...