Neonatal vitamin D status and risk of schizophrenia: a replication in two independent samples

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1007677

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Our group have discovered that low vitamin D (the sunshine hormone) during early life alters brain development. Recently we completed the first study to examine vitamin D in stored blood samples from new born babies and examined their risk of later schizophrenia. This study, based on Danish samples, confirmed a significant relationship between vitamin D levels and risk of later schizophrenia. The current study will examine new samples from Denmark and Scotland in order to replicate this association.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $346,399.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

prevention | schizophrenia | vitamin D

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