ArticleJournal of hypertension2016
Associations of blood pressure, sunlight, and vitamin D in community-dwelling adults.
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- Latest Knowledge on the Role of Vitamin D in Hypertension.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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- Seasonal Variation: A Non-negligible Factor Associated With Blood Pressure in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- The effect of ultraviolet irradiation compared to oral vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure of nursing home residents with dementia.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Low sun exposure habits is associated with a dose-dependent increased risk of hypertension: a report from the large MISS cohort.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2021Article
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- Vitamin D and Arterial Hypertension: Facts and Myths.Current hypertension reports · 2020Review
- Vitamin D deficiency in relation to the poor functional outcomes in nondiabetic patients with ischemic stroke.Bioscience reports · 2018Article
- Lifestyle Approaches to White Coat Hypertension.American journal of lifestyle medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundVitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is associated with hypertension. Blood pressure (BP) and circulating vitamin D concentrations vary with the seasons and distance from the equator suggesting BP varies inversely with the sunshine available (insolation) for cutaneous vitamin D photosynthesis.
methodsTo determine if the association between insolation and BP is partly explained by vitamin D, we evaluated 1104 participants in the Reasons for Racial and Geographic Differences in Stroke study whose BP and plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations were measured.
resultsWe found a significant inverse association between SBP and 25(OH)D concentration and an inverse association between insolation and BP in unadjusted analyses. After adjusting for other confounding variables, the association of solar insolation and BP was augmented, -0.3.5 ± SEM 0.01 mmHg/1 SD higher solar insolation, P = 0.01. The greatest of effects of insolation on SBP were observed in whites (-5.2 ± SEM 0.92 mmHg/1 SD higher solar insolation, P = 0.005) and in women (-3.8 ± SEM 1.7 mmHg, P = 0.024). We found that adjusting for 25(OH)D had no effect on the association of solar insolation with SBP.
conclusionWe conclude that although 25(OH)D concentration is inversely associated with SBP, it did not explain the association of greater sunlight exposure with lower BP.
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