Correlation of renin angiotensin and aldosterone system activity with subcutaneous and visceral adiposity: the framingham heart study

BACKGROUND: Animal studies suggest that local adipocyte-mediated activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) contributes to circulating levels, and may promote the development of obesity-related hypertension in rodents. METHODS: We examined relations of systemic RAAS activity, as ass...

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Main Authors: O'Seaghdha, Conall M, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Larson, Martin G, Hoffmann, Udo, Wang, Thomas J, Fox, Caroline S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3352034/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22475205
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-12-3
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