Vitamin D and Hypertension

Vitamin D has the pleiotropic effects in multiple organ systems, and vitamin D deficiency was suggested to be associated with high blood pressure according to previous reports. Several interventional studies have examined the effect of vitamin D supplementation on high blood pressure patients, but t...

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Published inElectrolyte & blood pressure : E & BP Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11
Main Authors Hye Yun Jeong, Kyung Mi Park, Mi Jung Lee, Dong Ho Yang, Sang Hoon Kim, So-young Lee
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 대한전해질학회 30.09.2017
Subjects
Hypertension
Mechanism
Physiology
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Vitamin D
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Summary:Vitamin D has the pleiotropic effects in multiple organ systems, and vitamin D deficiency was suggested to be associated with high blood pressure according to previous reports. Several interventional studies have examined the effect of vitamin D supplementation on high blood pressure patients, but the results have been inconsistent. In this article, we examined the literature that have proposed a mechanism involving vitamin D in the regulation of blood pressure and review previous observational and interventional studies that have shown the relationship between vitamin D and hypertension among various populations.
Bibliography:The Korean Society of Electrolyte Metabolism
ISSN:1738-5997
2092-9935