Associations of blood pressure, sunlight, and Vitamin D in community-dwelling adults

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1704-1710

  Rostand, Stephen G ^a   McClure, Leslie A ^b,e   Kent, Shia T ^c,d   Judd, Suzanne E ^c   Gutiérrez, Orlando M ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Departments of Biostatistics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypertension; season; solar insolation; sunshine; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84977071264     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001018     Document Type: Article

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