Vitamin D Therapy in Individuals With Prehypertension or Hypertension
Author(s) -
Pankaj Arora,
Yanna Song,
Jeffery A. Dusek,
Gregory A. Plotnikoff,
Marc S. Sabatine,
Susan Cheng,
André Valcour,
Heather Swales,
Beth A. Taylor,
Erin Carney,
Derek Guanaga,
Joseph R. Young,
Courtney Karol,
M.a J. de la Torre,
Atum Azzahir,
Semerit M. Strachan,
Dillon C. O’Neill,
Myles Wolf,
Frank E. Harrell,
Christopher NewtonCheh,
Thomas J. Wang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.011732
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , prehypertension , ambulatory blood pressure , vitamin d and neurology , randomized controlled trial , diastole , clinical endpoint , vitamin d deficiency , ambulatory , cardiology
A large body of epidemiological and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency may promote hypertension. This raises the possibility that vitamin D supplementation could be a simple intervention to reduce blood pressure, but data from prospective, randomized trials are limited.
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