Vitamin D deficiency may be associated with hypertension, finds study

The study led to the following findings:

• Comparison between the hypertension group and control group showed statistically significant differences in the systolic pressure and levels of 25(OH)D, renin, and triglycerides.
• The correlation analysis showed that 25(OH)D was negatively correlated with renin (r = -0.185) and positively correlated with systolic pressure (r = -0.105).
• There were no statistically significant differences in diastolic pressure, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides between the two groups

"The findings indicate that vitamin D deficiency is common in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, and vitamin D levels are negatively associated with renin levels," the researchers wrote in their study. "Vitamin D plays an important part in regulating blood pressure by affecting renin levels through the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system."

Reference:

Lu Han, Xin-Juan Xu, Jun-Shi Zhang, Hai-Ming Liu, "Association between Vitamin D Deficiency and Levels of Renin and Angiotensin in Essential Hypertension", International Journal of Clinical Practice, vol. 2022, Article ID 8975396, 6 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8975396