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<\/a>“This study underscores a growing amount of accumulated data that low vitamin D levels are associated with high blood pressure,” Dr. John P. Forman, an associate physician in the renal division of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, told HealthDayNews. “There are a growing number of studies associating lower vitamin D levels and high blood pressure. This one probably has the longest follow-up.”<\/p>\nForman added that more research should be conducted.<\/p>\n
The University of Michigan study followed 559 women, whose blood was first measured in 1993. The follow up in 2008 showed that vitamin D deficient women \u2014 those with lower than 30 ng\/ml, or 80 nmol\/L as measured in Canada \u2014 were three times more likely to have high blood pressure.<\/p>\n
Flojaune C. Griffin, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan School of Public health who was the study’s lead author, gave a presentation on her study at the American Heart Association’s conference on high blood pressure research Thursday in Chicago, according to HealthDayNews.<\/p>\n
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