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Arora P, Song Y, Dusek J, Plotnikoff G, Sabatine MS, Cheng S, Valcour A, Swales H, Taylor B, Carney E, Guanaga D, Young JR, Karol C, Torre M, Azzahir A, Strachan SM, O'Neill DC, Wolf M, Harrell F, Newton-Cheh C, Wang TJ. Vitamin D therapy in individuals with prehypertension or hypertension: the DAYLIGHT trial. Circulation. 2015 Jan 20;131(131). 254-62.
Abstract
A large body of epidemiological and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency may promote hypertension. This raises the possibility that vitamin D supplementation could be a simple intervention to reduce blood pressure, but data from prospective, randomized trials are limited.