To determine whether low vitamin D concentrations are associated with an increased risk of incident all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease.
One thousand six hundred fifty-eight elderly ambulatory adults free from dementia, cardiovascular disease, and stroke who participated in the US population–based Cardiovascular Health Study between 1992–1993 and 1999 were included. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations were determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry from blood samples collected in 1992–1993. Incident all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease status were assessed during follow-up using National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke/Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association criteria.
During a mean follow-up of 5.6 years, 171 participants developed all-cause dementia, including 102 cases of Alzheimer disease. Using Cox proportional hazards models, the multivariate adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval [CI]) for incident all-cause dementia in participants who were severely 25(OH)D deficient (<25 nmol/L) and deficient (≥25 to <50 nmol/L) were 2.25 (95% CI: 1.23–4.13) and 1.53 (95% CI: 1.06–2.21) compared to participants with sufficient concentrations (≥50 nmol/L). The multivariate adjusted hazard ratios for incident Alzheimer disease in participants who were severely 25(OH)D deficient and deficient compared to participants with sufficient concentrations were 2.22 (95% CI: 1.02–4.83) and 1.69 (95% CI: 1.06–2.69). In multivariate adjusted penalized smoothing spline plots, the risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease markedly increased below a threshold of 50 nmol/L.
(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
- 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
Employed by nonprofit university: Columbia University, Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health
(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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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.
(1) Roche, conference travel, (2) DSM, workshop travel and speaker honorarium.
(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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