Low vitamin d linked to high bp in women with gestational diabetes

There is a link between low blood levels of vitamin D and higher blood pressure during pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), new research shows. The study, published in the American Journal of Hypertension, found that women with GDM who had levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D less than 30ng/ml had higher blood pressure at the beginning and end of the monitoring period than those women with sufficient levels.