Vitamin D levels and its relation to blood pressure among saudi postmenopausal women: A Cross-Sectional Study

Life Science Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 342-346

  Almarhoumi, Lujain F ^a   Al Kadi, Hanan ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Postmenopausal; Saudi; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893263740     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Holick MF. Vitamin D and Health: Evolution, biologic functions, and recommended dietry intakes for vitamin D. Clinic Rev Bone Miner Metab 2009; 7:2-19.
2. Kanan RM, Al Saleh YM, Fakhoury HM, Adham M, Aljaser S, Tamimi W. Year-round vitamin D deficiency among Saudi female out-patients. Public Health Nutrition. 2013; 16(3):544-8.
3. Gloth FM, Gundberg CM, Hollis BW, Haddad JG, Jr., Tobin JD. Vitamin D deficiency in homebound elderly persons. JAMA 995;274(21):1683-1686.
4. Lips P, Duong T, Oleksik A, Black D, Cummings S, Cox D, et al. A global study of vitamin D status and parathyroid function in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: baseline data from the multiple outcomes of raloxifene evaluation clinical trial. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 2001;86(3):1212-21.
5. Narula R, Tauseef M, Ahmad IA, Agarwal K, Ashok A, Anjana A. Vitamin d deficiency among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. JCDR 2013;7(2):336-8.
6. Bhandari SK, Pashayan S, Liu IL, Rasgon SA, Kujubu DA, Tom TY, et al. 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and hypertension rates. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2011;13(3):170-7.
7. Burgaz A, Byberg L, Rautiainen S, Orsini N, Hakansson N, Arnlov J, et al. Confirmed hypertension and plasma 25(OH)D concentrations amongst elderly men. Journal of Internal Medicine. 2011;269(2):211-8.
8. Judd SE, Nanes MS, Ziegler TR, Wilson PW, Tangpricha V. Optimal vitamin D status attenuates the age-associated increase in systolic blood pressure in white Americans: results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2008;87(1):136-41.
9. Lee JH, O'Keefe JH, Bell D, Hensrud DD, Holick MF. Vitamin D deficiency an important, common, and easily treatable cardiovascular risk factor? Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2008;52(24):1949-56.
10. Forman JP, Williams J, Fisher DN. Plasma 25-hydroxy vitamin D and regulation of the Renin Angiotensin System in Humans. Hypertension 2010; 55(5):1283-88.
11. Judd SE, Nanes MS, Ziegler TR, Wilson PW, Tangpricha V. Optimal vitamin D status attenuates the age-associated increase in systolic blood pressure in white Americans: results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The American journal of clinical nutrition. 2008;87(1):136-41.
12. Jorde R, Figenschau Y, Emaus N, Hutchinson M, Grimnes G. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are strongly related to systolic blood pressure but do not predict future hypertension. Hypertension. 2010;55(3):792-8.
13. Scragg R, Sowers M, Bell C. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, ethnicity, and blood pressure in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. American journal of hypertension. 2007;20(7):713-9.
14. Hintzpeter B, Mensink GB, Thierfelder W, Muller MJ, Scheidt-Nave C. Vitamin D status and health correlates among German adults. European journal of clinical nutrition. 2008;62(9):1079-89.