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High susceptibility of the African population to develop cardiovascular disease obliges us to investigate possible contributing risk factors. Our aim was to determine whether low 25(OH)D status is associated with increased blood pressure and carotid-radial pulse wave velocity in black South African...

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Published in:PloS one 2013-01, Vol.8 (1), p.e54554
Main Authors: Kruger, Iolanthé M, Kruger, Marlena C, Doak, Colleen M, Schutte, Aletta E, Huisman, Hugo W, Van Rooyen, Johannes M, Schutte, Rudolph, Malan, Leoné, Malan, Nicolaas T, Fourie, Carla M. T, Kruger, Annamarie
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Blood pressure
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Summary:High susceptibility of the African population to develop cardiovascular disease obliges us to investigate possible contributing risk factors. Our aim was to determine whether low 25(OH)D status is associated with increased blood pressure and carotid-radial pulse wave velocity in black South African women. We studied 291 urban women (mean age: 57.56±9.00 yrs.). 25(OH)D status was determined by serum 25(OH)D levels. Women were stratified into sufficient (>30 ng/ml), and insufficient/deficient (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0054554