Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and incident risk of ischemic stroke in rural Chinese adults: New insight on ceiling effect.

Ziyi Zhou, Nan Zhang, Tengfei Lin, Yun Song, Lishun Liu, Zhuo Wang, Yaping Wei, Jianping Li, Yan Zhang, Yong Huo, Hai Ma, Chonglei Bi, Chongqian Fang, Binyan Wang, Hao Zhang, Xianhui Qin, Xiaobin Wang, Huiyuan Guo, Xiping Xu

Journal: Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 2022;99-100():111627

PMID: 35551015

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and ischemic stroke and its potential modifying factors in rural Chinese adults.

METHODS

This nested case-control study was drawn from the H-type Hypertension and Stroke Prevention and Control Project, a community-based, prospective, observational study. Plasma 25(OH)D was measured by liquid chromatography with tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry. All stroke records came from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Multiple logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association between 25(OH)D and risk of ischemic stroke.

RESULTS

We included 1079 participants with ischemic stroke and 1079 matched controls. Due to a non-linear relationship, the analyses were stratified by 25(OH)D. For those with 25(OH)D < 20 ng/mL, there was a 15% reduction in the risk of ischemic stroke for each SD increment in 25(OH)D (odds ratio, 0.85; 95% confidence interval, 0.73-0.99). Compared with the lowest-tertile group, the risk of ischemic stroke decreased by 39% (odds ratio, 0.61; 95% confidence interval, 0.41-0.89) in the highest-tertile group. Furthermore, two effect modifiers were identified: diabetes and homocysteine level. Although participants with 25(OH)D ≥ 20 ng/mL had the lowest risk of ischemic stroke overall, there was no dose-response association within that range.

CONCLUSIONS

An inverse dose-response association between 25(OH)D and incident risk of ischemic stroke in rural Chinese adults was only observed in those with 25(OH)D < 20 ng/mL, along with two effect modifiers. Higher levels of 25(OH)D did not confer additional benefit.

Address: Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China; Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality, Ministry of Education, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Food Sciences and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.; Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.; Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality, Ministry of Education, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Food Sciences and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.; Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality, Ministry of Education, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Food Sciences and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Institute for Biomedicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.; People's Hospital of Rongcheng, Shandong, China.; Institute for Biomedicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.; Renal Division, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Disease, State Key Laboratory for Organ Failure Research, Guangzhou, China.; Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.; Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality, Ministry of Education, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Food Sciences and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: [email protected].; Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality, Ministry of Education, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Food Sciences and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2022.111627

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MeSH Terms: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2, Adult, Calcifediol, Case-Control Studies, China, Humans, Ischemic Stroke, Prospective Studies, Vitamin D