Relationship of Serum Vitamin D Concentrations and Allostatic Load as a Measure of Cumulative Biological Risk among the US Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

Regina Frei; Sarah R. Haile; Margot Mutsch; Sabine Rohrmann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139217

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Relationship of Serum Vitamin D Concentrations and Allostatic Load as a Measure of Cumulative Biological Risk among the US Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

Regina Frei,

Affiliation Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Sarah R. Haile,

Affiliation Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Margot Mutsch ,

* E-mail: margot.muetsch@uzh.ch

¶‡ MM and SR are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Sabine Rohrmann

¶‡ MM and SR are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Relationship of Serum Vitamin D Concentrations and Allostatic Load as a Measure of Cumulative Biological Risk among the US Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

Regina Frei,
Sarah R. Haile,
Margot Mutsch,
Sabine Rohrmann

Published: October 9, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139217

About the Authors

Regina Frei

Affiliation Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Sarah R. Haile

Affiliation Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Margot Mutsch

* E-mail: margot.muetsch@uzh.ch

¶‡ MM and SR are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Sabine Rohrmann

¶‡ MM and SR are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR, MM. Analyzed the data: RF, MM, SR, SH. Wrote the paper: RF, SH, MM, SR.

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