Vitamin D effects on musculoskeletal health, immunity, autoimmunity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, fertility, pregnancy, dementia and mortality—a review of recent …

P Pludowski, MF Holick, S Pilz, CL Wagner… - Autoimmunity …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Optimal vitamin D intake and its status are important not only for bone and
calcium-phosphate metabolism, but also for overall health and well-being. Vitamin D …

Mediterranean diet, cognitive function, and dementia: a systematic review

I Lourida, M Soni, J Thompson-Coon, N Purandare… - …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Adherence to a Mediterranean diet has been associated with lower risk of
various age-related diseases including dementia. Although narrative reviews have been …

Vitamin D, cognition, and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Balion, LE Griffith, L Strifler, M Henderson… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To examine the association between cognitive function and dementia with vitamin
D concentration in adults. Methods: Five databases were searched for English-language …

Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease

TJ Littlejohns, WE Henley, IA Lang, C Annweiler… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine whether low vitamin D concentrations are associated with an
increased risk of incident all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease. Methods: One …

Vitamin D and risk of cognitive decline in elderly persons

DJ Llewellyn, IA Lang, KM Langa… - Archives of internal …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Background To our knowledge, no prospective study has examined the association between
vitamin D and cognitive decline or dementia. Methods We determined whether low levels of …

Association of lifestyle and genetic risk with incidence of dementia

I Lourida, E Hannon, TJ Littlejohns, KM Langa… - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Genetic factors increase risk of dementia, but the extent to which this can be
offset by lifestyle factors is unknown. Objective To investigate whether a healthy lifestyle is …

Frailty, body mass index, and abdominal obesity in older people

RE Hubbard, IA Lang, DJ Llewellyn… - … of Gerontology Series …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Frailty has been conceptualized as a wasting disorder with weight loss as a key
component. However, obesity is associated with disability and with physiological markers …

Low serum vitamin D concentrations in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Annweiler, DJ Llewellyn… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Vitamin D has been investigated in association with cognitive function in older adults. It is
unclear whether hypovitaminosis D could be associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Our …

A genome-wide association study of depressive symptoms

K Hek, A Demirkan, J Lahti, A Terracciano, A Teumer… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Depression is a heritable trait that exists on a continuum of varying severity
and duration. Yet, the search for genetic variants associated with depression has had few …

The controversial role of personality traits in entrepreneurial psychology

DJ Llewellyn, KM Wilson - Education+ Training, 2003 - emerald.com
The usefulness of personality traits in the explanation and prediction of entrepreneurship is
critically evaluated, and both contemporary theory and existing empirical findings are …