Differential influences of serum vitamin C on blood pressure based on age and sex in normotensive individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Hypertension is among the most prevalent chronic diseases with diverse etiology, affecting over 1 billion people globally. In numerous studies, vitamin C inversely correlated with blood pressure and was suspected to have antihypertensive properties. Currently, there is conflicting evidence regarding the relationship between vitamin C and blood pressure, with most studies being conducted on hypertensive subjects. The principal objective of this project was to investigate the relationship between vitamin C and blood pressure in normotensive adult subjects.

Methods

A total of 2,533 individuals aged 20 years and above were enrolled in the present study from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2018. Outcome variables were systolic blood pressure

SUBMITTER: Huang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9745039 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature