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... in response to Vitamin D link to lung function in smokers
  1. These guys may have it backwards
    Graham Sweet Graham Sweet Australia says:
    August 1, 2012 at 7:04 PM

    Smokers may induce the production of liver enzymes that metabolise vitamin D faster and lower levels (CYP450 3A4). This is genetically determnined. So some smokers may be lowering their vitamin D levels and this may be what ius reducing lung function.

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