Vitamin D Levels Inversely Associated With Hypertension – Study
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Low levels of vitamin D were associated with high blood pressure among a large sample of the U.S. population, according to the results of a study in the July issue of the American Journal of Hypertension
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Calcium, vitamin D in older women
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