RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 145
OP 150
DO 10.3122/jabfm.4.3.145
VO 4
IS 3
A1 Jeffrey L. Tanji
A1 Eva Y. Lew
A1 Gilbert Y. Wong
A1 Correne Treguboff
A1 Judith A. Ward
A1 Ezra A. Amsterdam
YR 1991
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/4/3/145.abstract
AB 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.