Effect of Vitamin-D supplementation on blood pressure in post-menopausal women: A community based interventional study
Journal Title: The Journal of Community Health Management - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
It has been estimated that 1 billion people worldwide have Vitamin-D deficiency or insufficiency.1 There is wide spread prevalence of varying degrees (50 – 90%) of Vitamin-D deficiency with low dietary calcium intake in the Indian population.2 Besides its role in bone metabolism Vitamin-D has additional effects on the immune system, neuromuscular function, cancer & cardiovascular system including hypertension. Hypertension affects nearly 26% of the adult population worldwide.3 In India, the prevalence of hypertension in the last six decades has increased from 2% to 25% among urban residents and from 2% to 15% among the rural residents. According to Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, the overall prevalence of hypertension in India by 2020 will be 159.46/1000 population.4 Emerging evidence suggest an inverse relation between Vitamin-D and hypertension.
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Nimila Elsa Mathews, Paramita Sengupta, Anoop Ivan Benjamin
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