Blood vitamin D levels in relation to genetic estimation of African ancestry.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Jul 20.
Signorello LB, Williams SM, Zheng W, Smith JR, Long JR, Cai Q, Hargreaves MK, Hollis BW, Blot WJ.
1 Medicine, International Epidemiology Institute and Vanderbilt University.
BACKGROUND: African Americans generally have lower circulating levels of 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) than whites, attributed to skin pigmentation and dietary habits. Little is known about the genetic determinants of 25(OH)D levels, nor whether the degree of African ancestry associates with circulating 25(OH)D.
METHODS: Using a panel of 276 ancestry informative genetic markers, we estimated African and European admixture for a sample of 758 African American and non-Hispanic white Southern Community Cohort Study participants. For African Americans, cutpoints of <85%, 85%-95%, and >95% defined "low", "medium", and "high" African ancestry. We estimated the association between African ancestry and 25(OH)D, and also explored whether vitamin D exposure (sunlight, diet) had varying effects on 25(OH)D levels dependent on ancestry level.
RESULTS: Mean serum 25(OH)D levels among whites and among African Americans of low, medium, and high African ancestry were 27.2, 19.5, 18.3, and 16.5ng/mL, respectively. Serum 25(OH)D was estimated to decrease by 1.0-1.1ng/mL per 10% increase in African ancestry. The effect of high vitamin D exposure from sunlight and diet was 46% lower among African Americans with high African ancestry than among those with low/medium ancestry.
CONCLUSIONS: We found novel evidence that the level of African ancestry may play a role in clinical vitamin D status. Impact: This is the first study to describe how 25(OH)D levels vary in relation to genetic estimation of African ancestry. Further study is warranted to replicate these findings and uncover the potential pathways involved. PMID: 20647395
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