Low vitamin D and hypertension: A causal association?

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 682-684

  Afzal, Shoaib ^a,b   Nordestgaard, Børge G ^a,b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CYP2R1 GENE; DHCR7 GENE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84908321059     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(14)70119-6     Document Type: Note

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