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Influence of geographical latitude on vitamin D status: Cross-sectional results from the BiomarCaRE consortium.
    
    
        
    
    
        
        Br. J. Nutr. 128, 2208–2218 (2022)
    
    
    
		
		
			
				Even though sunlight is viewed as the most important determinant of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) status, several European studies have observed higher 25(OH)D concentrations among north-Europeans than south-Europeans. We studied the association between geographical latitude (derived from ecological data) and 25(OH)D status in 6 European countries by using harmonized immunoassay data from 81,084 participants in the Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Europe (BiomarCaRE) project (male sex 48.9%; median age 50.8 years; examination period 1984 to 2014). Quantile regression models, adjusted for age, sex, decade and calendar week of sampling, and time from sampling to analysis, were used for between-country comparisons. Up until the median percentile, the ordering of countries by 25(OH)D status (from highest to lowest) was as follows: Sweden (at 65.6 to 63.8 oN), Germany (at 48.4 oN), Finland (at 65.0 to 60.2 oN), Italy (at 45.6 to 41.5 oN), Scotland (at 58.2 to 55.1 oN), and Spain (at 41.5 oN). From the 75th percentile and upwards, Finland had higher values than Germany. As an example, using the Swedish cohort as comparator, the median 25(OH)D concentration was 3.03, 3.28, 5.41, 6.54, and 9.28 ng/mL lower in the German, Finnish, Italian, Scottish, and Spanish cohort, respectively (P-value < 0.001 for all comparisons). The ordering of countries was highly consistent in subgroup analyses by sex, age, and decade and season of sampling. In conclusion, we confirmed the previous observation of a north-to-south gradient of 25(OH)D status in Europe, with higher percentile values among north-Europeans than south-Europeans.
			
			
				
			
		 
		
			
				
					
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        25-hydroxyvitamin D ; Epidemiology ; Europe ; Latitude ; Population-based ; Vitamin D; 25-hydroxyvitamin D; Postmenopausal Women; Parathyroid Function; Serum; Osteoporosis; Cancer; Standardization; Population; Guidelines; Stability
    
 
    
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        Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
    
 
    
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        30202 - Environmental Health
    
 
    
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        Genetics and Epidemiology
    
 
    
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        Förderungen
        Thermo Fisher
Scottish Health Department Chief Scientist Office
Institute of Health Studies, Catalan Department of Health
Munich Center of Health Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, LMUinnovativ
Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen
Medical Research Council London
EU Horizon 2020 project AFFECT-EU
EU Horizon 2020 projects euCanSHare
EU FP7 project CHANCES
British Heart Foundation
FP Fleming Trust
County Council of Norrbotten
Singulex
Siemens
Bayer
Abbott Diagnostics
Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular research
Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Joint Committee of County Councils in northern Sweden
Pitea Alvdals Hospital Foundation
County Council of Västerbotten
European Union (EU)
    
 
    
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