Adiposity, aldosterone and plasma renin activity among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study

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  Fig. 1.. Aldosterone and renin contributions to the aldosterone:renin ratio. Abbreviations: ARR = aldosterone:renin ratio, units of aldosterone are ng/dL, units for renin are ng/mL/h. Interpretation: Data points were represented by colors where the highest value of log (ARR) was bright red, the mid-range values were yellow and the lowest value of log (ARR) are green. The clustering of the high log (ARR) values around the zero point for renin indicates that the log (ARR) is driven primarily by low renin values. The black line denotes the slope.

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  Fig. 2A.. Categorical associations of biomarkers, anthropometric estimates, and CT measures of adiposity with log-aldosterone. Model adjusted for age, sex, education, occupation, systolic blood pressure, smoking, and physical activity (AHA-Life’s Simple 7). Aldosterone, biomarkers, and CT images were log-transformed. Abbreviations: SAT = subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT = visceral adipose tissue, WC = waist circumference, LA-Ratio = leptin:adiponectin ratio.

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  Fig. 2B.. Categorical associations of biomarkers, anthropometric estimates, and CT measures of adiposity with log-renin. Model adjusted for age, sex, education, occupation, systolic blood pressure, smoking, and physical activity (AHA-Life’s Simple 7). Aldosterone, biomarkers, and CT images were log-transformed. Abbreviations: SAT = subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT = visceral adipose tissue, WC = waist circumference, LA-Ratio = leptin:adiponectin ratio.