Association between vitamin D and hypertension in people coming for health check up to a tertiary care centre in South India
Introduction: Vitamin D has many effects apart from its role in calcium metabolism and bone health. Vitamin D is derived from endogenous ultraviolet-B induced vitamin D synthesis in the skin, and the current high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in India, can be attributed to lifestyle related low...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2019;volume=8;issue=6;spage=2061;epage=2067;aulast=Vatakencherry |