Vitamin D and blood pressure connection: update on epidemiologic, clinical, and mechanistic evidence.

@article{citeulike:2901030, 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.}, address = {Nutrition Department, School of Public Health, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.}, author = {Martini, L. A. and Wood, R. J. }, citeulike-article-id = {2901030}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00035.x}, issn = {0029-6643}, journal = {Nutrition reviews}, keywords = {bp, vitamin-d}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {291--297}, posted-at = {2008-06-17 05:04:10}, priority = {2}, title = {Vitamin D and blood pressure connection: update on epidemiologic, clinical, and mechanistic evidence.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00035.x}, volume = {66}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2901030 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2901030 TI - Vitamin D and blood pressure connection: update on epidemiologic, clinical, and mechanistic evidence. JF - Nutrition reviews VL - 66 IS - 5 SP - 291 EP - 297 AD - Nutrition Department, School of Public Health, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil. SN - 0029-6643 N2 - 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. KW - bp KW - vitamin-d AU - Martini, LA AU - Wood, RJ PY - 2008/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00035.x ER -