Blood Pressure Status in Children with Vitamin D Insufficiency

The growing prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents is commonly associated with hypertension in adulthood and various long-term complications.

Since previous studies have found that vitamin D deficiency is responsible for hypertension in some individuals, this study was conducted to evaluate blood pressure levels in children suffering from low levels of vitamin D.

This descriptive study was conducted on 65 children under the age of 11 suffering from vitamin D deficiency. The blood pressure of children was measured by the digital blood pressure monitor citizen (REFCH-311B) after obtaining informed consent, according to the standards of blood pressure assessment in children and was then plotted on blood pressure graphs.

In this study, 50.8% of the children were girls, and 49.2% were boys. The mean age of these children was 6.16 ± 2.51 years. Systolic blood pressure were pre-HTN in 3.1% of children, HTN grade I in 1.5% of children, and normal in other patients. Diastolic blood pressure was pre-HTN in 4.6% of children and normal in other patients.

According to the results of this study, it seems that the blood pressure status in children with low levels of vitamin is not linked to the level of this vitamin.