Vitamin D May Help Explain Racial Differences in Blood Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110426102432.htm

ScienceDaily (Apr. 27, 2011) — High blood pressure, or hypertension, is more common and often more deadly in blacks than in whites, and a new University of Rochester study shows that low vitamin D levels among black people might be a powerful factor that contributes to the racial differences in hypertension.

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However, Fiscella noted some limitations to the study, and said that vitamin D did not fully explain the racial differences in blood pressure. "It is likely that other factors beyond vitamin D, such as psychological stress, medication adherence, and discrimination could contribute to this disparity," he wrote in the JGIM article

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