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Article: Lack of Vitamin D Linked to High Blood Pressure; Effect seen 15 years later, researchers report.(Report)
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- Consumer Health News (English)
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- September 24, 2009
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Byline: Ed Edelson, HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Low blood levels of vitamin D in younger women tripled their risk of high blood pressure 15 years later, new research has found.
Vitamin D deficiency, defined as less than 80 nanomoles per liter of blood, was measured in 1993 at the start of the Michigan Bone Health and Metabolism Study, explained study author Flojaune C. Griffin, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
By that measure, more than 80 percent of the 559 women first tested in the study had vitamin D deficiency, while 2 percent were being treated for high blood pressure ...