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K Sudhakar1, M Sujatha, S Ramesh Babu, P Padmavathi, P P Reddy.
Abstract
Calcium plays an important role in the pathophysiology of essential hypertension. Serum calcium levels were measured in 117 subjects with essential hypertension and 77 first-degree relatives. The results showed that serum calcium levels were significantly (p<0.01) decreased in both males and females with essential hypertension and their first-degree relatives when compared with the normotensive controls. This is the first study in Indian population.Entities:
Keywords: First-degree relatives; Hypertension; Serum calcium; vascular tone
Year: 2004 PMID: 23105420 PMCID: PMC3453899 DOI: 10.1007/BF02872383
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Clin Biochem ISSN: 0970-1915