Differences in vitamin D status might help explain the outcome disparities between African Americans and Caucasians in contemporary kidney transplant recipients

Am J Surg. 2017 Jul;214(1):163. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.12.022. Epub 2017 Jan 1.

Authors

Gerardo Sarno¹, Giovanna Muscogiuri², William B Grant³

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery and Transplantation Unit, San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona University Hospital, Scuola Medica Salernitana, Via San Leonardo, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: gsarno79@yahoo.it.
² I.O.S. & COLEMAN Srl, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: giovanna.muscogiuri@gmail.com.
³ Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: wbgrant@infionline.net.

PMID: 28065495
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.12.022

No abstract available

Keywords: African Americans; Kidney transplants; Racial disparities; Vitamin D.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Black or African American*
Humans
Kidney
Kidney Transplantation*
Vitamin D
White People

Substances

Vitamin D