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01-07-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and hypertension risk

Authors: Yili Wu, Shiru Li, Dongfeng Zhang

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 7/2013

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We read with great interest the meta-analysis by Kunutsor et al. [1] on vitamin D status [circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D 25((OH) D) levels and dietary vitamin D intake] and risk of hypertension. The results showed that the pooled relative risk (RR) of hypertension was 0.70 [95 % confidence interval (CI): 0.58–0.86] for the highest versus the lowest category of circulating 25(OH) D levels with 7 prospective studies from 6 articles (48,633 participants and 4,965 cases). In addition, the risk of hypertension decreased by 12 % [RR (95 % CI): 0.88 (0.81–0.97)] for every per 10 ng/ml increment in circulating 25(OH) D levels when assuming a linear dose–response relationship with 5 prospective studies from 4 articles. This is a very important investigation because there are conflicting results with regard to the association of circulating 25(OH) D levels with hypertension risk. In this letter, we would like to draw attention to the following three aspects: …

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Title: Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and hypertension risk
Authors: Yili Wu
Shiru Li
Dongfeng Zhang
Publication date: 01-07-2013
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 7/2013
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9817-8

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