Racial disparity in blood pressure: Is vitamin D a factor?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1105-1111

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a   Winters, Paul ^a   Tancredi, Dan ^b   Franks, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African continental ancestry; blood pressure; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; COTININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; POTASSIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 85027937215     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1707-8     Document Type: Article

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