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Trial reportPloS one2013

The association of 25(OH)D with blood pressure, pulse pressure and carotid-radial pulse wave velocity in African women.

Iolanthé M Kruger, Marlena C Kruger, Colleen M Doak, Aletta E Schutte, Hugo W Huisman, Johannes M Van Rooyen, Rudolph Schutte, Leoné Malan, Nicolaas T Malan, Carla M T Fourie and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Vitamin D Status and Its Consequences for Health in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016
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  6. Vitamin D status and hypertension: a review.Integrated blood pressure control · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Iolanthé M KrugerAfrica Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research-AUTHeR, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa. lanthe.kruger@nwu.ac.za
Marlena C Kruger
Colleen M Doak
Aletta E Schutte
Hugo W Huisman
Johannes M Van Rooyen
Rudolph Schutte
Leoné Malan
Nicolaas T Malan
Carla M T Fourie
Annamarie Kruger
North-West University · ZAMassey University · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High susceptibility of the African population to develop cardiovascular disease obliges us to investigate possible contributing risk factors. Our aim was to determine whether low 25(OH)D status is associated with increased blood pressure and carotid-radial pulse wave velocity in black South African women. We studied 291 urban women (mean age: 57.56±9.00 yrs.). 25(OH)D status was determined by serum 25(OH)D levels. Women were stratified into sufficient (>30 ng/ml), and insufficient/deficient (<30 ng/ml) groups. Cardiovascular variables were compared between groups. Women with low 25(OH)D levels had significantly higher SBP (150.8±27.1 vs. 137.6±21.0), DBP (94.7±14.5 vs. 89.3±12.3) and PP (53.15(50.7;55.7) vs. 46.3(29.4;84.6)) compared to women with sufficient levels. No significant difference was observed with regards to c-rPWV. ANCOVA analyses still revealed significant differences between the two groups with regards to SBP, DBP as well as PP. Partial correlations revealed significant inverse association between SBP and 25(OH)D (p = .04;r = -.12). Women with low 25(OH)D levels were ∼2 times more likely to have high SBP (95% CI: 3.23;1.05). To conclude, women with deficient/insufficient 25(OH)D had significantly higher SBP compared to women with a sufficient 25(OH) status.

Indexed as

Black PeopleBlood PressureCardiovascular DiseasesPulse Wave AnalysisAdultAgedCarotid ArteriesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMiddle AgedRadial ArterySouth AfricaVitamin D25-hydroxyvitamin DVitamin D

Identifiers

PMID23355878
PMCPMC3552848
OpenAlexW2000749314

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