Vitamin D may help explain racial differences in blood pressure

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is more common and often more deadly in blacks than in whites, and a new study shows that low vitamin D levels among black people might be a powerful factor that contributes to the racial differences in hypertension.

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