Abstract
Concentrations of serum total calcium and serum calcium fractions were compared between 28 hypertensive subjects and 28 race-sex-age-matched normotensive controls. Mean levels of serum total calcium were not different between the two groups. Hypertensive subjects had lower mean serum levels of ultrafilterable calcium (-0.32 mg/dl; p = 0.01), ionized calcium (-0.07 mg/dl; p = 0.09), and complexed calcium (-0.23 mg/dl; p = 0.04) and higher levels of protein-bound calcium ( + 0.36 mg/dl; p = 0.07). Estimated dietary calcium intake was similar in the two groups. These findings add to the evidence that essential hypertension is associated with perturbations in calcium metabolism.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 11-15 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Hypertension |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1986 |
Keywords
- Blood pressure
- Dietary calcium
- Hypertension