title: Serum calcium levels in patients with essential hypertension and their first degree relatives.
abstract: Calcium plays an important role in the pathophysiology of essential hypertension. Serum calcium levels were measured in 117 subjects with essential hypertension and 77 first-degree relatives. The results showed that serum calcium levels were significantly (p<0.01) decreased in both males and females with essential hypertension and their first-degree relatives when compared with the normotensive controls. This is the first study in Indian population.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics & Hospital for Genetic Diseases, Osmania University, Begumpet, 500 016 Hyderabad.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sudhakar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sujatha
authors.forename: S Ramesh
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Padmavathi
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Reddy
keywords: First-degree relatives; Hypertension; Serum calcium; vascular tone