Does Incident Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Lower Blood Pressure?

Background Hypertension remains a leading global cause for premature death and disease. Most treatment guidelines emphasize the importance of risk factors, but not all are known, modifiable, or easily avoided. Population blood pressure correlates with latitude and is lower in summer than winter. Sea...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Main Authors:	Richard B. Weller, Yuedong Wang, Jingyi He, Franklin W. Maddux, Len Usvyat, Hanjie Zhang, Martin Feelisch, Peter Kotanko
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2020-03-01
Subjects:	cardiovascular disease cardiovascular health hypertension nitric oxide renal disease seasonal variation
Online Access:	https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.013837