Vitamin D as a Resilience Factor, Helpful for Survival of Potentially Fatal Conditions: A Hypothesis Emerging from Recent Findings of the ESTHER Cohort Study and the CHANCES Consortium
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Is Vitamin D Deficiency a Risk Factor for CVD and Cancer?
4. Is Vitamin D Deficiency a Risk Factor for Mortality?
4.1. Strength
4.2. Consistency
4.3. Biological Gradient
4.4. Temporality
4.5. Plausibility
4.6. Specificity
4.7. Coherence
4.8. Experiment
4.9. Analogy
5. The Resilience Factor Hypothesis
6. Public Health Implications
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Schöttker, B.; Brenner, H. Vitamin D as a Resilience Factor, Helpful for Survival of Potentially Fatal Conditions: A Hypothesis Emerging from Recent Findings of the ESTHER Cohort Study and the CHANCES Consortium. Nutrients 2015, 7, 3264-3278. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu7053264
Schöttker B, Brenner H. Vitamin D as a Resilience Factor, Helpful for Survival of Potentially Fatal Conditions: A Hypothesis Emerging from Recent Findings of the ESTHER Cohort Study and the CHANCES Consortium. Nutrients. 2015; 7(5):3264-3278. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu7053264
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchöttker, Ben, and Hermann Brenner. 2015. "Vitamin D as a Resilience Factor, Helpful for Survival of Potentially Fatal Conditions: A Hypothesis Emerging from Recent Findings of the ESTHER Cohort Study and the CHANCES Consortium" Nutrients 7, no. 5: 3264-3278. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu7053264