Vitamin D deficiency and the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism rs2228570 (FokI) are associated with an increased susceptibility to hypertension among the Bangladeshi population

• Imrul Kayes Nabil ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Imrul Kayes Nabil, Zimam Mahmud

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Zimam Mahmud ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Imrul Kayes Nabil, Zimam Mahmud

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Sonia Tamanna,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6810-4226

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• Md Mostafijur Rahman,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-0369

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• Gowhar Rashid,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Amity Medical School, Amity University Haryana, (AUH), Gurugram, India

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• Md. Sarowar Hossain,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Birulia, Bangladesh

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• Humaira Binte Asad,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3662-2608

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• Mohammad Amjad Kamal,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Birulia, Bangladesh, Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Enzymoics, Hebersham, NSW, Australia, Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebersham, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0088-0565

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• Md. Zakir Hossain Howlader

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hhzakir@du.ac.bd

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3175-8709

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