Electrolytes & Blood Pressure  2017;15(1):1-11

doi:10.5049/EBP.2017.15.1.1

Vitamin D and Hypertension.

Hye Yun JEONG 1 ; Kyung Mi PARK ; Mi Jung LEE ; Dong Ho YANG ; Sang Hoon KIM ; So Young LEE

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Keywords

Hypertension; Mechanism; Physiology; Supplement; Vitamin D

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Vitamin D has the pleiotropic effects in multiple organ systems, and vitamin D deficiency was suggested to be associated with high blood pressure according to previous reports. Several interventional studies have examined the effect of vitamin D supplementation on high blood pressure patients, but the results have been inconsistent. In this article, we examined the literature that have proposed a mechanism involving vitamin D in the regulation of blood pressure and review previous observational and interventional studies that have shown the relationship between vitamin D and hypertension among various populations.