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. 2019 May 18;11(5):1112. doi: 10.3390/nu11051112

Table 1.

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) serum levels and blood pressure (BP) values in normotensive and hypertensive subjects.

Reference
(First Author)
Method Country and Participants PTH (pmol/L) BP (SBP − DBP mmHg)
Young 1990 [28] Cross-sectional USA, 115 subjects, ≈45 years NT = 4.5 ± 2.2 NT = 120(±11) − 80(±8)
HT = 5.0 ± 2.4 HT = 138(±8) − 95(±5)
Brickman 1990 [29] Cross-sectional USA, 38 men, ≈56 years NT = 20.8 ± 1.1 NT = 123(±2.8) − 78(±1.3)
HT = 28.4 + 3.5 HT = 150(±3.9) − 97(±0.9)
Morfis 1997 [30] Cross-sectional Australia, 123 subjects, 63–88 years NT = 2.7 ± 1.1 NT = 125(±12) − 71(±7)
HT = 2.9 ± 1.3 HT =135(±14) − 73(±10)
Park 2015 [32] Cross-sectional Korea, 1664 postmenopausal women, >50 years NT = 63.7 ± 23.4 NT = 117.5(±12.4) − 73.3(±8.1)
HT = 68.3 ± 23.6 HT = 149.4(±11.4) − 86.0(±10.1)

NT = normotensive people; HT = hypertensive people, SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure. Values are expressed as mean (±standard deviation).