Why the study?
What are the functional and hemodynamic correlates of plasma renin activity in normotensive subjects and patients with various types of untreated hypertension?
Population
124 subjects, including 31 normotensive subjects and 93 untreated hypertensive patients.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Renin-volume inverse links hold across groups with etiology-specific pressure correlation; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
What are the functional and hemodynamic correlates of plasma renin activity in normotensive subjects and patients with various types of untreated hypertension?
Plasma renin activity in hypertensive patients correlates differently with hemodynamic and volume parameters depending on the etiology of hypertension and patient sex, indicating it should be evaluated alongside modifying factors.
Dustan et al. (1970) studied this question.