TY - JOUR T1 - Dietary Calcium Supplementation As A Treatment For Mild Hypertension JF - The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice JO - J Am Board Fam Med SP - 145 LP - 150 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.4.3.145 VL - 4 IS - 3 AU - Jeffrey L. Tanji AU - Eva Y. Lew AU - Gilbert Y. Wong AU - Correne Treguboff AU - Judith A. Ward AU - Ezra A. Amsterdam Y1 - 1991/05/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/4/3/145.abstract N2 - The blood pressure responses of 19 mildly hypertensive (diastolic blood pressure 90–104 mmHg) individuals to treatment with either 1200 mg of elemental calcium supplementation or placebo were assessed weekly in a 6-month randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study. Both groups showed a decrease in blood pressure (calcium treated: 6 ± 12 mmHg systolic, 7 ± 7 mmHg diastolic; and placebo controlled: 9 ± 14 mmHg systolic, 9 ± 8 mmHg diastolic). Differences between the two groups were not significant (P > 0.1). There were no adverse effects to either treatment. This study does not support the hypothesis that dietary calcium supplementation is more effective than placebo in reducing blood pressure in mildly hypertensive individuals. ER -