Aldosterone-to-renin ratio and the relationship between urinary salt excretion and blood pressure in a community of african ancestry

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 951-957

  Scott, Leon ^a,b   Woodiwiss, Angela J ^a   Maseko, Muzi J ^a   Veliotes, Demetri G A ^a   Majane, Olebogeng H I ^a   Paiker, Janice ^c   Sareli, Pinhas ^a   Norton, Gavin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African ancestry; aldosterone; ambulatory BP; blood pressure; hypertension; renin; salt intake

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALDOSTERONE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 79960564791     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.49     Document Type: Article

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