Table 1 Participant characteristics.

From: Vitamin D and cognitive function: A Mendelian randomisation study

 

Total

Males

Age, yrs

Age ≥ 65yrs

25(OH)D, nmol/l

CYP2R1 , MAF

DHCR7 , MAF

N = 172,349

(%)

(median, IQR)

(%)

(median, IQR)

(%)

(%)

Studies with 25(OH)D (N = 28,070)

1958BC

5,633

49·1

50 (NA)

0

57·0 (33·9)

43·0

22·2

CoLaus

875

45·1

70 (6)

100

47·3 (33·6)

47·1

27·9

ESTHER

8,080

43·0*

74 (4)*

100*

45·1 (27·1)

46·2

25·7

HBCS

1,059

59·1

67·6 (3·6)

91·8

61 (24)

38·5

38·0

NFBC66

3,488

43·5

46·5 (0·9)

0

50·2 (20·8)

40·8

38·9

PIVUS

891

50·3

70·1 (0·2)

100

56 (26·5)

39·9

35·0

Tromsø

4,766

55·4

69 (11)

76·8

56·5 (25·9)

41·2

38·6

ULSAM

1,118

100

71 (0·9)

100

68·2 (24·7)

39·4

33·4

YFS

2,160

45·1

43 (9)

0

57 (25)

38·2

40·4

Studies without 25(OH)D (N = 144,279)

ASPS

780

43·3

64.7 (11)

49·2

NA

43·7

29·3

ELSA

5,382

45·6

65 (15)

50·6

NA

43·2

22·4

HRS

9,930

41·4

68 (15)

62

NA

43·8

27·0

STR

969

44·7

72.1 (10·1)

77·2

NA

38·8

30·0

TwinGene

2,362

51·1

69 (6)

100

NA

40·0

33·2

UKBiobank

111,936

47·5

58 (12)

19·7

NA

42·2

21·0

UKHLS

8,577

43·7

54 (24)

28·0

NA

42·4

21·6

WII

4,343

76·2

59·7 (10)

28·7

NA

42·5

22·7

  1. IQR: Interquartile range; MAF: minor allele frequency.
  2. 1958BC: 1958 British birth cohort;
  3. COLAUS: The Colaus study;
  4. ESTHER: Epidemiologische Studie zu Chancen der Verhütung, Früherkennung und optimierten Therapie chronischer Erkrankungen in der älteren Bevölkerung;
  5. HBCS: Helsinki Birth Cohort Study;
  6. NFBC66: Northern Finland birth cohort 1966;
  7. PIVUS: The Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors;
  8. TROMSO: The Tromsø Study;
  9. ULSAM: Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men;
  10. YFS: Young Finns;
  11. ASPS: Austria Stroke Prevention Study;
  12. ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing;
  13. HRS: Health and Retirement Study;
  14. STR: Swedish Twin Registry;
  15. TwinGene: Swedish Twin Registry;
  16. UKBiobank: UK Biobank;
  17. UKHLS: The UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society);
  18. WII: Whitehall II
  19. * N’s based on participants with cognitive data.