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Hypertension, insulin resistance, and aldosterone: sex-specific relationships.
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) - 1 Mar 2009
Kidambi Srividya, Kotchen Jane M, Krishnaswami Shanthi, Grim Clarence E, Kotchen Theodore A
Abstract excerpt
African Americans, particularly men, have the highest morbidity and mortality rates from hypertension in the United States. The authors studied 527 African Americans in a general clinical research center to determine whether there are sex differences in the relationships between hypertension with insulin resistance (IR) and aldosterone, which are risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Measurements included...
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