Dietary Vitamin K and Association with Hepatic Vitamin K Status in a Yup'ik Study Population from Southwestern Alaska

• Published in: Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
• Main Authors: Au, Nicholas T., Ryman, Tove, Rettie, Allan E., Hopkins, Scarlett E., Boyer, Bert B., Black, Jynene, Philip, Jacques, Yracheta, Joseph, Fohner, Alison E., Reyes, Morayma, Thornton, Timothy A., Austin, Melissa A., Thummel, Kenneth E.
• Other Authors: National Institutes of Health
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Pivka; Tundra; Yup'ik; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201700746; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fmnfr.201700746; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/mnfr.201700746

Scope The relationship between dietary vitamin K and plasma PIVKA‐II concentration, a biomarker of hepatic vitamin K status, in a Yup'ik study population in southwestern Alaska is investigated. Methods and results A total of 659 male and female, self‐reported Yup'ik people, ≥14 years of ag...