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- Title
Vitamin D and blood pressure connection: update on epidemiologic, clinical, and mechanistic evidence.
- Authors
Martini, Ligia A; Wood, Richard J
- Abstract
Hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney disease. High blood pressure is a growing public health problem that is expected to affect 1.6 billion people worldwide by the year 2025. In light of emerging evidence of a widespread global problem of vitamin D deficiency, there has been increasing interest concerning the role of vitamin D in chronic disease. The recent publication of several studies, highlighted in this brief review, supports an association between vitamin D status and blood pressure. It remains to be determined what level of vitamin D status needs to be achieved in different subpopulations to assure the maximum benefit of vitamin D status on blood pressure.
- Publication
Nutrition reviews, 2008, Vol 66, Issue 5, p291
- ISSN
0029-6643
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00035.x