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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism Volume 2012, Article ID 475975, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2012/475975 Research Article Associations of C-Reactive Protein to Indices of Vascular Health and the Influence of Serum 25(OH)D Status in Healthy Adults Ambika P. Ashraf,1 Gordon Fisher,2 Jessica Alvarez,2 Tanja Dudenbostel,3 David A. Calhoun,3 Alexander J. Szalai,4 and Barbara A. Gower2 1 Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA 2 Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA 3 Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA 4 Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Ambika P. Ashraf, aashraf@ Received 21 June 2012; Accepted 22 August 2012 Academic Editor: Christel Lamberg-Allardt Copyright © 2012 Ambika P. Ashraf et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Elevated serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] are associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Ethnic differences in serum hs-CRP and 25(OH)D concentrations and CVD are known. Objectives: to investigate the ethnic differences in hs-CRP concentrations, to assess the influence of 25(OH)D on these ethnic differences and to examine the influence of 25(OH)D on as