Cardio-Metabolic Disease Risks and Their Associations with Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Omega-3 Levels in South Asian and White Canadians.

OBJECTIVES:This study compared cardio-metabolic disease risk factors and their associations with serum vitamin D and omega-3 status in South Asian (SAC) and White Canadians (WC) living in Canada's capital region. METHODS:Fasting blood samples were taken from 235 SAC and 279 WC aged 20 to 79 yea...

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Main Authors: Chao-Wu Xiao, Carla M Wood, Eleonora Swist, Reiko Nagasaka, Kurtis Sarafin, Claude Gagnon, Lois Fernandez, Sylvie Faucher, Hong-Xing Wu, Laura Kenney, Walisundera M N Ratnayake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4725777?pdf=render