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25-Hydroxyvitamin D is not Associated with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Older Men and Women

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria

    Stefan Pilz, Andreas Tomaschitz & Thomas R. Pieber

  2. EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Ronald M. A. Henry, Marieke B. Snijder, Giel Nijpels & Jacqueline M. Dekker

  3. Department of Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Ronald M. A. Henry & Coen D. A. Stehouwer

  4. Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Marieke B. Snijder

  5. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health; Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Rob M. van Dam

  6. Department of General Practice, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Giel Nijpels

  7. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jacqueline M. Dekker

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Pilz, S., Henry, R.M.A., Snijder, M.B. et al. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D is not Associated with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Older Men and Women. Calcif Tissue Int 84, 423–424 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00223-009-9238-6

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