Medical News: Low Vitamin D Plus Hypertension May Worsen Cardiovascular Risks - in Cardiovascular, Myocardial Infarction from MedPage Today:
"By John Gever, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: January 07, 2008
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Thomas J. Wang, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
BOSTON, Jan. 7 -- Moderate vitamin D deficiency nearly doubles the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure over a mean of 5.4 years in patients with high blood pressure, researchers here said.
The finding emerged from the Framingham Heart Study, which now includes the adult offspring of the study's original participants."/.../
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