ArticlePuerto Rico health sciences journal2012
Association between vitamin D levels and blood pressure in a group of Puerto Ricans.
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- Serum Vitamin D Levels in Relation to Hypertension and Pre-hypertension in Adults: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and hypertension among adults in North Sudan: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
- Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels with primary hypertension: a study from south India.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2020Article
- Associations between 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, body composition and metabolic profiles in young women.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2018Article
- Correlates and family aggregation of vitamin D concentrations in school-aged children and their parents in nine Mesoamerican countries.Public health nutrition · 2017Article
- Evaluation of the Relationship between Serum 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D and Hypertension in Hamadan, Iran-A Case Control Study.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2017Article
- Does Vitamin D Deficiency Lead to Hypertension?Cureus · 2017Review
- Effect of vitamin D supplementation on cardiovascular disease risk factors and exercise performance in healthy participants: a randomized placebo-controlled preliminary study.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2016Article
- Vitamin D Status Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in a Clinic-Based Sample of Hispanic Adults.Metabolic syndrome and related disorders · 2016Article
- Vitamin D status is inversely associated with obesity in a clinic-based sample in Puerto Rico.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2015Article
- Vitamin D status and hypertension: a review.Integrated blood pressure control · 2015Review
- Vitamin D deficiency in the pathogenesis of hypertension: still an unsettled question.Current hypertension reports · 2014Review
- Potential pathophysiological role for the vitamin D deficiency in essential hypertension.World journal of cardiology · 2014Review
- Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and hypertension risk.European journal of epidemiology · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectiveHypertension is a global public health problem. The apparent association between vitamin D (VitD) and blood pressure (BP) has been studied in several populations but not in a Puerto Rican population. Therefore, we determined the association between serum 25(OH)D levels and BP in a convenience sample in Puerto Rico.
methodsA cross-sectional study of patients attending a local laboratory with an order for serum 25(OH)D levels was performed. Participants completed a questionnaire that solicited the following information: age, sex, weight, height, VitD intake, and history of both sun exposure and hypertension. BP was measured by a phlebotomist on-site and classified according to the Joint National Committee; serum 25(OH)D levels were taken from the record, and VitD status was classified as either optimal (25(OH)D > or = 30 ng/dl) or non-optimal (< 30 ng/dl). Mean, standard deviation, and percentiles were used for descriptive analysis. VitD status and BP were compared by gender, age, and body mass index (BMI) using ANOVA or chi-square. The association between VitD status and blood pressure was assessed by polytomous logistic regression adjusting for several variables.
resultsTwo hundred nineteen individuals were included in the analysis; most were females aged 21 to 50 years who were overweight/obese; 53% of the total population was pre-hypertensive or hypertensive; 60% had non-optimal VitD status; and the sun exposure index was 19.6. No significant associations were found between VitD status and blood pressure after adjusting for age, sex, BMI, total VitD intake, and solar exposure index.
conclusionVitD status was not found to be associated with blood pressure in this sample population; more studies with a larger sample population are needed to determine whether such an association does in fact exist.
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