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Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and high arterial blood pressure in the elderly

Author(s) -

Jaume Almirall,

Montserrat Vaqueiro,

Montserrat Baré,

E Antón

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp470

Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , blood pressure , creatinine , population , vitamin d deficiency , endocrinology , confounding , renal function , blood urea nitrogen , environmental health

Vitamin D and calcium metabolism are involved in vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, endothelial function and blood pressure (BP) regulation. Their physiopathology has been a matter of intensive clinical investigation with variable and sometimes contradictory results. Vitamin D insufficiency is highly prevalent in the general population, particularly among the elderly. We evaluated the association between serum 25(OH)-D levels and arterial BP in this population.

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