Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease
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- Received February 3, 2014
- Accepted in final form May 28, 2014
- First Published August 6, 2014.
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Author Disclosures
- Thomas J. Littlejohns, MSc,
- William E. Henley, PhD,
- Iain A. Lang, PhD,
- Cedric Annweiler, MD, PhD,
- Olivier Beauchet, MD, PhD,
- Paulo H.M. Chaves, MD, PhD,
- Linda Fried, MD, MPH,
- Bryan R. Kestenbaum, MD, MS,
- Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH,
- Kenneth M. Langa, MD, PhD,
- Oscar L. Lopez, MD,
- Katarina Kos, MD, PhD,
- Maya Soni, PhD* and
- David J. Llewellyn, PhD*
- Thomas J. Littlejohns, MSc,
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- William E. Henley, PhD,
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(1) UK Medical Research Council, grant number G0902158, Principal Investigator, 2010-2014.
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- Iain A. Lang, PhD,
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(1) UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), n/a, Senior Lecturer, 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 (2) UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship, n/a, Fellow, 2014-2017
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- Cedric Annweiler, MD, PhD,
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- Travel grant: “Alzheimer�s Association International Conference (AAIC) Fellowship Committee” grant (Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 2012).
- G�riatrie, Psychologie et Neuropsychiatrie du Vieillissement, Associate Editor, since 2012 - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Associate Editor, since 2012
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- Olivier Beauchet, MD, PhD,
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editorial advisory board member of Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil
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Consultancies for the Korian group,Ipsen Pharma, MSD and �rontolop�le autonomie long�vit� des Pays de la Loire
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- Paulo H.M. Chaves, MD, PhD,
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American Journal of Epidemiology, Associate Editor, 2012-present; no compensation Journal of Epidemiology (Japan Epidemiological Association), Associate Editor, 2011-present - no compensation
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- Linda Fried, MD, MPH,
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Employed by nonprofit university: Columbia University, Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health
Sanofi-Aventis
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Sanofi-Aventis (consulting)
(1) National Institute on Aging, 1U01AG032947-01, Subcontract PI (prime: Johns Hopkins, University), 9/30/08-8/31/2011 (2) National Institute on Aging, 5R37AG019905-10, PI, 9/1/10-8/31/12 (3) National Institute on Aging, 5P01AG027735-05, Subcontract PI (prime: Johns Hopkins University), 8/01/08-6/30/12
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- Bryan R. Kestenbaum, MD, MS,
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Kestenbaum, B., et al. (2009). Epidemiology and biostatistics : an introduction to clinical research. Dordrecht ; New York, Springer.
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Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceuticals Inc. A74915 (Giachelli, PI) 05/01/2012 � 04/30/2014 0.1 calendar �Candidate vascular calcification genes in human smooth muscle tissue� $227,273 Role: Co-investigator
NIH funding: NIH/NIDDK 1 R01DK094891-01 (Kestenbaum, PI) 09/01/2012 � 08/31/2015 3.6 calendar �Mineral Metabolism disturbances and arteriovenous fistula maturation� $217,500 Role: Principal investigator This 3-year project will evaluate whether mineral metabolism plays a role in arteriovenous fistula maturation.NIH/NHLBI 1 R01 HL096875 (Kestenbaum, de Boer, Co- PIs) 04/01/2010 � 06/30/2014 2.4 calendar �Phosphorous, vitamin D, and cardiovascular outcomes� $416,729 Role: Co- Role: Principal Investigator This 4-year project evaluates a comprehensive panel of serum and urine markers of mineral metabolism in association with clinical and subclinical cardiovascular disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.NIH/NIDDK 1 R21-DK081315-01A2 (Kestenbaum, PI) 07/01/2011 � 08/31/2014 1.2 calendar �Serum calcification activity in patients with chronic kidney disease� $125,000 Role: Principal investigator This 2-year project will develop a novel serum calcification assay for patients with chronic kidney disease. NIH/NIDDK 1 R01DK087726 (de Boer, PI) 07/01/2010 � 07/31/2014 1.2 calendar�Insulin Resistance in chronic kidney disease� $294,202 Role: Key PersonnelThis 4-year project will comprehensively characterize insulin sensitivity, beta-cell function, and glucose tolerance using gold-standard methods among individuals who have moderate-severe chronic kidney disease.NIH/NHLBI R01 DK102134 (Young, PI) 09/01/2013 � 08/31/2016 0.6 calendar �CKD targeted analyses of the Jackson Heart Study� Role: Co-investigator This 3-year project will determine novel and traditional risk factors for kidney disease progression and cardiovascular complications of kidney disease among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. NIH/NIDDK 1 R01DK094434 (Rosenfeld, PI) 08/01/2012 � 06/30/2017 0.6 calendar RANK-RANKL and vascular complications in chronic kidney disease $205,285 Role: Co-investigator This 5-year project combines laboratory and translational methods to determine the role of receptor activator of NFkB ligand (RANKL) in accelerated atherosclerosis of moderate-severe chronic kidney disease.
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- Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH,
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- Kenneth M. Langa, MD, PhD,
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NIH, AG009740, Co-Investigator
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- Oscar L. Lopez, MD,
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Lundbeck,Lilly,Baxter, Grifols,Cognoptix
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NIA: P50 AG05133-27
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- Katarina Kos, MD, PhD,
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- Maya Soni, PhD* and
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- David J. Llewellyn, PhD*
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(1) Roche, conference travel, (2) DSM, workshop travel and speaker honorarium.
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(1) Alzheimer's Association (NIRG-11-200737), (2) Norman Family Charitable Trust, (3) Age Related Diseases and Health Trust, (4) Sir Halley Stewart Trust, Lord Clinton's Charitable Trust, (5) RD&E Foundation Trust, (6) 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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- From the University of Exeter Medical School (T.J.L., W.E.H., I.A.L., K.K., M.S., D.J.L.), Exeter, UK; Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics (C.A., O.B.), Angers University Hospital, Angers, France; Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (P.H.M.C.), Florida International University, Miami; Mailman School of Public Health (L.F.), Columbia University, New York; Kidney Research Institute, Division of Nephrology (B.R.K.), University of Washington, Seattle; Departments of Epidemiology (L.H.K.) and Neurology and Psychiatry (O.L.L.), University of Pittsburgh, PA; Division of General Medicine (K.M.L.), Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI; and the Institute for Social Research and the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (K.M.L.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- Correspondence to Dr. Llewellyn: david.llewellyn{at}exeter.ac.uk
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Letters: Rapid online correspondence
- Vitamin D deficiency and the risk of dementia
- Robert H Howland, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center[email protected]
Submitted August 28, 2014 - Disturbed sleep: the trigger for vitamin D deficiency?
- Sergio Tufik, Full Professor, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Department of Psychobiology[email protected]
- Lais F. Berro, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sergio B. Tufik, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Monica L. Andersen, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Submitted August 14, 2014
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