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SUBMITTER: Ernst JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4781958 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ernst Jana B JB Tomaschitz Andreas A Grübler Martin R MR Gaksch Martin M Kienreich Katharina K Verheyen Nicolas N März Winfried W Pilz Stefan S Zittermann Armin A
International journal of endocrinology 20160223
Epidemiological evidence suggests that circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels are inversely associated with hemoglobin (Hb) levels and anemia risk. We evaluated whether vitamin D supplementation improves Hb levels and reduces anemia risk in hypertensive patients. Two hundred patients with 25OHD levels <75 nmol/L who attended the Styrian Vitamin D Hypertension Trial were included, of whom 188 completed the trial. Patients randomly received 2800 IU vitamin D3 daily or a matching placebo fo ...[more]