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Clinical and genetic correlates of serum aldosterone in the community: the Framingham Heart Study.
American journal of hypertension - 1 May 2005
Kathiresan Sekar, Larson Martin G, Benjamin Emelia J, Corey Diane, Murabito Joanne M, Fox Caroline S, Wilson Peter W F, Rifai Nader, Meigs James B, Ricken Gesa, Lifton Richard P, Levy Daniel, Vasan Ramachandran S
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BACKGROUND: We investigated the environmental and genetic sources of interindividual variability in serum aldosterone level in a large, community-based sample. METHODS: We examined the relation of serum aldosterone to vascular risk factors, urine sodium, and candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms in 2891 Framingham Offspring Study participants (53.2% women, mean age 59 years) using multivariable linear...
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