Vitamin D, cognition, and dementia
A systematic review and meta-analysis
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- Received August 11, 2011
- Accepted May 1, 2012
- First Published September 24, 2012.
Author Disclosures
- Cynthia Balion, PhD,
- Lauren E. Griffith, PhD,
- Lisa Strifler, BSc,
- Matthew Henderson, PhD,
- Christopher Patterson, MD,
- George Heckman, MD,
- David J. Llewellyn, PhD and
- Parminder Raina, PhD
- Cynthia Balion, PhD,
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
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- Lauren E. Griffith, PhD,
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- Lisa Strifler, BSc,
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- Matthew Henderson, PhD,
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Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
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- Christopher Patterson, MD,
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Canadian Journal on Aging. Health Sciences Editor, 2005- 2011
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1.CIHR Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Operational support for tracking cohort Co-investigator 2008-13 2.CIHR Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Operational support for comprehensive cohort Co-investigator 2008-13 3.CIHR McMaster Evidence Review and synthesis centre Co- investigator 2009-14 4.CIHR The Primary Care Dementia Assessment and Treatment Algorithm project. Co-investigator 2010-12
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Heart and stroke Foundation of Ontario. Impact of mild cognitive deficits at hospital dicharge on self-care in older heart failure patients. Co-investigator
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- George Heckman, MD,
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CIHR; Heart and Stroke Foundation
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- David J. Llewellyn, PhD and
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Roche, conference travel; DSM, workshop travel and speaker honorarium.
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Alzheimer’s Association (NIRG-11-200737); Norman Family Charitable Trust; Age Related Diseases and Health Trust; Sir Halley Stewart Trust, Lord Clinton’s Charitable Trust; RD&E Foundation Trust; UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for the South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC)
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- Parminder Raina, PhD
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I act as an associate editor for AHRQ Evidence based practice centres
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CIHR, AHRQ, Canada Foundation For Innovation, Ontario Ministry of Health
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- From the Departments of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (C.B., M.H.), Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (L.E.G., L.S., P.R.), and Medicine (C.P.), and R. Samuel McLaughlin Center on Gerontological Research and Education (P.R.), McMaster University, Hamilton; Department of Health Studies and Gerontology (G.H.), University of Waterloo, Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging, Kitchener, Canada; and Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (D.J.L.), University of Exeter, Devon, UK.
- Correspondence & reprint requests to Dr. Balion: balion{at}hhsc.ca
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