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SUBMITTER: Forman JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3775458 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Forman John P JP Scott Jamil B JB Ng Kimmie K Drake Bettina F BF Suarez Elizabeth Gonzalez EG Hayden Douglas L DL Bennett Gary G GG Chandler Paulette D PD Hollis Bruce W BW Emmons Karen M KM Giovannucci Edward L EL Fuchs Charles S CS Chan Andrew T AT
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 20130401 4
Blacks have significantly higher rates of hypertension than whites, and lower circulating levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. There are few data about the effect of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) supplementation on blood pressure in blacks. During 2 winters from 2008 to 2010, 283 blacks (median age, 51 years) were randomized into a 4-arm, double-blind trial for 3 months of placebo, 1000, 2000, or 4000 international units of cholecalciferol per day. At baseline, 3 months, and 6 months, systolic and dias ...[more]