Relación entre vitamina D y factores de riesgo cardiovascular

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Objective: The objective of this study is to analyse the possible association between cardiovascular risk factors, especially hypertension, and the lack of vitamin D. Patients and methods: It is a descriptive study. A number of 40- to 70-year-old patients with uncontrolled hypertension who attended the Hypertension and Lipid Unit at San Cecilio University Hospital in Granada, Spain between January and March, 2014 were selected, and their electronic medical records and levels of vitamin D in blood monitored and analysed. Results: 81 out of the 227 patients who attended met the eligibility criteria, and vitamin D levels in blood were measured for 41 of them. Vitamin D levels turned out to be optimal in 70.73% of them, normal in 14.63%, and showed slight deficiency in 12.20% and deficiency in 2.44% of the patients. Conclusion: These results might be due to the fact that the population who attends San Cecilio University Hospital come from an area with no evidence of lack of vitamin D in their diet. More studies are needed to determine the optimal vitamin D concentration in blood, its effect on the patients’ cardiovascular risk and the impact of increasing dietary advice