Vitamin D levels and risk of delirium

Objective

To estimate effects of vitamin D levels on incident delirium hospital admissions using inherited genetic variants in mendelian randomization models, which minimize confounding and exclude reverse causation.

Methods

Longitudinal analysis using the UK Biobank, community-based, volunteer cohort (2006–2010) with incident hospital-diagnosed delirium (ICD-10 F05) ascertained during ≤9.9 years of follow-up of hospitalization...