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Clinical and genetic correlates of aldosterone-to-renin ratio and relations to blood pressure in a community sample.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 2007
Newton-Cheh Christopher, Guo Chao-Yu, Gona Philimon, Larson Martin G, Benjamin Emelia J, Wang Thomas J, Kathiresan Sekar, O'Donnell Christopher J, Musone Stacy L, Camargo Amy L, Drake Jared A, Levy Daniel, Hirschhorn Joel N, Vasan Ramachandran S
Abstract excerpt
Aldosterone:renin ratio (ARR) is used to screen for hyperaldosteronism. Data regarding correlates of ambulatory ARR in the community and its relation to hypertension incidence are limited. We defined clinical correlates of ARR, determined its heritability, tested for association and linkage, and related ARR to blood pressure (BP) progression in nonhypertensive individuals among 3326 individuals from the...
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