Ionized serum calcium in black hypertensives: Absence of a relationship with blood pressure

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-1987

Abstract

Serum ionized calcium was measured in untreated black hypertensives (n = 50) and normotensives (n = 33) recruited from the same outpatient facility. The only important descriptive characteristic on which the two groups differed was body mass index. Serum ionized calcium levels were identical (1.19 ± 0.05 ml/dl; mean ± SD), and no significant relationships between serum calcium and other covariates could be identified. It would appear that ionized calcium is a jealously guarded biologic variable and is held within narrow limits in essential hypertension.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

First Page

514

Last Page

519

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