Does Incident Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Lower Blood Pressure?

ABSTRACT: Background Hypertension remains a leading global cause for premature death and disease. Most treatment guidelines emphasize the importance of risk factors, but not all are known, modifiable, or easily avoided. Population blood pressure correlates with latitude and is lower in summer than winter. Seasonal variations in sunlight exposure account for these differences, with temperature believed to be the main contributor. Recent research indicates that UV light enhances nitric oxide availability by mobilizing storage forms in the skin, suggesting incident solar UV radiation may lower blood pressure. We tested this hypothesis by exploring the association between environmental UV exposure and systolic blood pressure (SBP) in a large cohort of chronic hemodialysis patients in whom SBP is determi

SUBMITTER: Weller RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335547 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature