Research
Micronutrients & recovery
Calcium intake is inversely associated with hypertension risk, but only in men with low relative body weight (lean men).
If you are lean, ensuring adequate calcium intake may help lower your risk of hypertension. However, if you are overweight or obese, calcium intake does not appear to have the same protective effect on blood pressure in this study.
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Calcium was significantly associated with lower risk of hypertension only in lean men.
Why this rating
Prospective cohort design, but limited to a specific subgroup.
Source
A prospective study of nutritional factors and hypertension among US men.
Alberto Ascherio et al. · Circulation · 1992
cohort · n=30681Cited 731×
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