(Hypertension. 2000;35:1154.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Relation Between Low Calcium Intake, Parathyroid Hormone, and Blood Pressure
From the Department of Medicine (R.J.) and the Department of Clinical Chemistry (J.S.), University Hospital of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway; The Centre of Clincal Epidemiology and Biostatistics (R.J.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia; The Hormone Laboratory (E.H.), Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; and The Institute of Community Medicine (K.H.B.), University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
Correspondence to Dr Rolf Jorde, Medical Department, University Hospital of Tromsø, 9038 Tromsø, Norway. E-mail medrj{at}rito.no
Abstract—In a population health survey in 1995, serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) was measured in 1113 subjects, aged 30 to 79 years, and was found to be elevated (>6.9 pmol/L) in 118 subjects. In 1998, this group and 131 subjects with normal PTH levels were invited for reexamination, and 82 and 90 subjects from each respective group attended the follow-up. At the follow-up, 72 subjects had elevated and 100 had normal serum PTH levels. Those with elevated serum PTH levels (8 subjects with hyperparathyroidism were excluded) had significantly lower serum calcium levels and intake of calcium than those with normal PTH (2.24±0.09 and 2.29±0.10 mmol/L [mean±SD] and 400.3±227.3 and 592.1±459.6 mg/d, respectively; P<0.01). Serum levels or intake of vitamin D did not differ between the 2 groups. Subjects with elevated PTH in both 1995 and 1998 had significantly lower bone mineral content and bone mineral density in the lumbar spine than did those with persistently normal PTH levels (P<0.05). In the females, but not in the males, the systolic and diastolic blood pressures were significantly higher in those with elevated serum PTH (158.0±27.5 versus 141.5±19.2 mm Hg and 90.5±13.6 versus 82.6±8.6 mm Hg, respectively; P<0.01). This difference was even more pronounced when those with persistently elevated PTH were considered separately. In conclusion, reduced intake of calcium is frequently associated with high levels of serum PTH. This is associated with moderately reduced bone mineral content and bone mineral density in the lumbar spine. In women, high levels of serum PTH are also associated with markedly increased blood pressure.
Key Words: blood pressure • calcium • parathyroid hormones • vitamins
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