RESUMO
La deficiencia de vitamina D, definida como valores de 25-hidroxivitamina D < 20-30 ng/ml, es un problema prevalente en la población general. Además de relacionarse clásicamente con la enfermedad musculoesquelética, el déficit de vitamina D se ha relacionado con enfermedades autoinmunes, cáncer, enfermedades metabólicas y enfermedades cardiovasculares. La hipertensión arterial, como principal factor de riesgo cardiovascular, también se ha relacionado con el déficit de vitamina D, llevando a converger dos grandes problemas de salud prevalentes en la población mundial. Por tanto, este artículo revisa aquellos estudios más importantes que vinculan ambas patologías, los mecanismos descritos que las relacionan y la evidencia actual acerca del efecto que la suplementación de vitamina D podría tener sobre la hipertensión arterial (AU)
Low levels of vitamin D, defined as levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D < 20-30 ng/ml, is a prevalent problem in the general population. Besides the classic relation with musculoskeletal disease, vitamin D has been also related to autoimmune diseases, cancer, metabolic diseases or cardiovascular diseases. High blood pressure, as the main cardiovascular risk factor, also has been related to vitamin D deficiency, constituting two prevalent worldwide health problems. Therefore, this article reviews the most important studies that combine both pathologies, the biological mechanism that relate them and the current evidence about the effect of vitamin D supplementation on hypertension (AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Hipertensão/fisiopatologia , Deficiência de Vitamina D/complicações , Doenças Cardiovasculares/prevenção & controle , Fatores de Risco , Desmineralização Patológica Óssea/prevenção & controle , Vitamina D/administração & dosagemRESUMO
Low levels of vitamin D, defined as levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D < 20-30 ng/ml, is a prevalent problem in the general population. Besides the classic relation with musculoskeletal disease, vitamin D has been also related to autoimmune diseases, cancer, metabolic diseases or cardiovascular diseases. High blood pressure, as the main cardiovascular risk factor, also has been related to vitamin D deficiency, constituting two prevalent worldwide health problems. Therefore, this article reviews the most important studies that combine both pathologies, the biological mechanism that relate them and the current evidence about the effect of vitamin D supplementation on hypertension.
