Are vitamin D deficiency and VDR gene polymorphisms associated with high blood pressure as defined by the ACC/AHA 2017 criteria in postmenopausal women?

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have issued a new guideline for the diagnosis and management of high blood pressure/systemic arterial hypertension that proposes more stringent cutoffs for high blood pressure, thus leading to a substantial increase in the prevalence of systemic hypertension [1]. Postmenopausal women may present an unfavorable phenotype tied to aging, decreased estrogen secretion by the ovaries, or both. This phenotype is expressed by an adverse lipid profile, insulin resistance, and elevated blood pressure, which collectively contribute to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) [2].

Source: Maturitas - May 23, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Bet ânia Rodrigues dos Santos, Gislaine Casanova, Thais Rasia da Silva, Lucas Bandeira Marchesan, Karen Oppermann, Poli Mara Spritzer Source Type: research