Low vitamin D is associated with hypertension in paediatric obesity



: Kao KT, Abidi N, Ranasinha S, Brown J, Rodda C, McCallum Z, Zacharin M, Simm PJ, Magnussen CG, Sabin MA

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

: 2015

: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

: JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH

: J PAEDIATR CHILD H

: 51

: 12

: 1207

: 1213

: 7

: 1034-4810

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12935(external)


Conclusion: Overweight and obese youth attending specialist obesity services have a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency. In this population, lower levels of vitamin D were seen in those with greater adiposity, and independent of this, in those who had higher blood pressure.




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