Aldosterone-to-renin ratio and home blood pressure in subjects with higher and lower sodium intake: The Ohasama Study

Hypertension Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-366

  Satoh, Michihiro ^a   Kikuya, Masahiro ^a   Hara, Azusa ^b   Ohkubo, Takayoshi ^a,c   Mori, Takefumi ^d   Metoki, Hirohito ^a,d   Utsugi, Megumi T ^e   Hirose, Takuo ^a   Obara, Taku ^a,f   Inoue, Ryusuke ^f   Asayama, Kei ^a   Totsune, Kazuhito ^a,g   Hoshi, Haruhisa ^h   Satoh, Hiroshi ^d   Imai, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Ohasama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

aldosterone excess; aldosterone to renin ratio; epidemiology; low renin hypertension; sodium sensitive hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; RENIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ALDOSTERONE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 79952431604     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.236     Document Type: Article

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