Effect of Short-Term Sunlight Exposure on Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate in Vitamin D3-Insufficient, Prehypertensive Patients: A Pilot Study

Autor:	Kyoung-Ah Kim, Min-Goo Lee, Jin-Woo Park, Ji Young Park
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Sunlight Vitamin medicine.medical_specialty Ambulatory blood pressure business.industry Diastole Aldosterone levels Prehypertension chemistry.chemical_compound Pulse rate Blood pressure Complementary and alternative medicine chemistry Internal medicine Cardiology Medicine business
Zdroj:	Complementary Medicine Research. 28:206-215
ISSN:	2504-2106 2504-2092
DOI:	10.1159/000510902
Popis:	Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of short-term sunlight exposure on blood pressure (BP) and pulse rate (PR) in vitamin D3-insufficient, prehypertensive patients. Methods: Twenty prehypertensive male participants were prospectively enrolled in this pilot study. BP and PR were measured using 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring and endocrine biomarkers were assessed. Results: Sunlight exposure decreased 24-hour systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), and PR (SBP: 132.6 mm Hg to 129.3 mm Hg, DBP: 77.6 mm Hg to 75.7 mm Hg, and PR: 76.1 bpm to 71.3 bpm, p values: 0.0011, 0.0012, and p values: 0.0015, 0.0003, and 3 were significantly increased (p = 0.0001) but aldosterone levels were significantly decreased (p = 0.0014) after sunlight exposure. In addition, an inverse relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and aldosterone levels was observed (R = –0.4709, p = 0.0419). Discussion/Conclusion: The pilot study gives promising results that it is worthwhile to evaluate short-term sunlight exposure as a potentially effective approach in decreasing BP and PR in 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-insufficient prehypertensive patients in a larger trial with a control group.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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