Racial Differences in Aldosterone Excretion and Plasma Aldosterone Concentrations in Children
- 26 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 321 (17) , 1152-1157
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198910263211703
Abstract
Blacks are more likely to have hypertension, have lower levels of plasma renin activity, and typically consume less potassium than whites. Whether blacks and whites secrete different amounts of aldosterone is less clear. We estimated aldosterone secretion indirectly in 715 children, 249 of whom were black, by measuring their nocturnal rates of urinary excretion of aldosterone. Dietary sodium and potassium intakes were estimated from their excretion rates.This publication has 35 references indexed in Scilit:
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