Why the study?
Does urinary angiotensinogen predict blood pressure in essential hypertensive patients stratified by plasma renin and aldosterone status?
Population
248 essential hypertensive patients, investigated under usual sodium diet and either off-medication or under…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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UAGT should not guide BP management; leaves open a sex-specific tubular RAS role in low-renin females pending prospective data.
Does urinary angiotensinogen predict blood pressure in essential hypertensive patients stratified by plasma renin and aldosterone status?
Urinary angiotensinogen is a strong predictor of blood pressure in women with low plasma renin/aldosterone, suggesting involvement of the tubular renin-angiotensin system in these patients.
Lantelme et al. (2005) studied this question.
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