Ameliorative impact of vitamin D on hypertension
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Hypertension is a chronic disorder with serious risk factors for clinically important events including myocardial infarction, heartfailure, stroke and death. It is estimated that, 1.56 billion adults will be living with high blood pressure in 2025 and one in three adultshas hypertension in world. Vitamin D is a micronutrient with important implications for human health and has recognized functionsin calcium and bone metabolism. Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are related to higher prevalence of blood pressure and evidencesfrom meta-analysis of cohort studies showed that vitamin D deficiency, predicts enhanced risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovasculardisease, and hypertension. Several mechanisms proposed that vitamin D decreases blood pressure. However, more studies arenecessary to find the influence of vitamin D on blood pressure in normal individuals and patients with chronic hypertension.
Source: Journal of Parathyroid Disease
Authors: Sara Beigrezaei, Hamid Nasri
Language: English
Topic: Vitamin D Research Studies
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2471520058