Blood Pressure Status in Children with Vitamin D Insufficiency

Abstract

Background: The growing prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents is commonly associated with hypertension in adulthood and various long-term complications. Objectives: 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. Methods: 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. Results: 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. Conclusions: 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.