title: [Hypertension and vitamin D: not again].
abstract: Vitamin D deficiency , defined by a 25-OH vitamin D3 plasma level < 30 ng/ml, is highly prevalent in the population. Several observational studies have suggested that such a deficiency increases the risk of hypertension development. Vitamin D seems to have an inhibitory effect on renin secretion and might by this mechanism exert an antihypertensive effect. Recent randomized trials have failed however to demonstrate a blood pressure lowering effect of vitamin D supplementation.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie et consultation d'hypertension, CHUV, Lausanne.
authors.forename: Grégiore
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wuerzner
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burnier
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waeber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014815:Vitamins / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins; D014807:Vitamin D