Is the Association between Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Confounded by Obesity? Evidence from the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study (APCAPS)

Christopher Paul Baker; Bharati Kulkarni; K. V. Radhakrishna; M. S. Charyulu; John Gregson; Mika Matsuzaki; Amy E. Taylor; Dorairaj Prabhakaran; Raja Sriswan Mamidi; Jonathan Wells; Ian Wilkinson; Carmel McEniery; Yasmin; George Davey Smith; Yoav Ben-Shlomo; Hannah Kuper; Sanjay Kinra

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129468

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Is the Association between Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Confounded by Obesity? Evidence from the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study (APCAPS)

Christopher Paul Baker ,

* E-mail: chris.baker@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Bharati Kulkarni,

Affiliation National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India
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K. V. Radhakrishna,

Affiliation National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India
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M. S. Charyulu,

Affiliation National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India
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John Gregson,

Affiliation Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Mika Matsuzaki,

Affiliation Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Amy E. Taylor,

Affiliation School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Dorairaj Prabhakaran,

Affiliation Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India
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Raja Sriswan Mamidi,

Affiliation National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India
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Jonathan Wells,

Affiliation Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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Ian Wilkinson,

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Carmel McEniery,

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Yasmin,

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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George Davey Smith,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Yoav Ben-Shlomo,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Hannah Kuper,

Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Sanjay Kinra

Affiliation Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Is the Association between Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Confounded by Obesity? Evidence from the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study (APCAPS)

Christopher Paul Baker,
Bharati Kulkarni,
K. V. Radhakrishna,
M. S. Charyulu,
John Gregson,
Mika Matsuzaki,
Amy E. Taylor,
Dorairaj Prabhakaran,
Raja Sriswan Mamidi,
Jonathan Wells

Published: June 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129468

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