Vitamin D Level Status and Hypertension among Elderly Iraqi People in Al Hillah City

Abstract

Background: Vitamin D has different biological actions in the body . Vitamin D has the pleiotropic effects
in multiple organ systems, and vitamin D deficiency was suggested to be associated with high blood
pressure according to previous reports. Several interventional studies have examined the effect of vitamin D
supplementation on high blood pressure patients
Objective: To identify Vitamin D level and its correlate with hypertension among old adult in Hilla city –
Babylon province.