Sex-specific vitamin D effects on blood coagulation among overweight adults
6, Nasser M Al-Daghri 1 2, Majed S Alokail 1 2, Antigoni Manousopoulou 3 4, Ashley Heinson 3, Omar Al-Attas 2, Yousef Al-Saleh 2, Shaun Sabico 1 2, Sobhy Yakout 1 2, Christopher H Woelk 3, George P Chrousos 5, Spiros D Garbis 3 4 . 2016
Overweight adults are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease and vitamin D deficiency, whereas an important feature to vitamin D physiology is its sex dependence. The aim of this study was to examine whether vitamin D status improvement exerts a sexually dimorphic effect on serum proteins associated with cardiovascular risk among overweight adults.
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Objectives: To assess circulating fetuin A and fetuin B levels in participants with and without Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and to find out their correlations with other…
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