Vitamin D and hypertension

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betaine_hcl@yahoo.com - 22 Jun 2007 08:12 GMT

"It would appear, therefore, that taking vitamin D products is
associated with an approximate 50% lower risk of arterial
stiffening," the researchers suggest.

Hypertension 2007;49:1278-1284.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/558486_print

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Juhana Harju - 22 Jun 2007 11:27 GMT

> "It would appear, therefore, that taking vitamin D products is
> associated with an approximate 50% lower risk of arterial
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> http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/558486_print

Thanks. I bet that having a high dietary intake of vitamin K in addition to
vitamin D would reduce the risk of arterial stiffening even further.

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Ron Peterson - 22 Jun 2007 14:29 GMT

> betaine_...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > "It would appear, therefore, that taking vitamin D products is
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> Thanks. I bet that having a high dietary intake of vitamin K in addition to
> vitamin D would reduce the risk of arterial stiffening even further.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/jap6xvqcvyebe6a4/ from 1996
implies that.

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Ron

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