Varying Influences of Aldosterone on the Plasma Potassium Concentration in Blacks and Whites

BACKGROUND: Aldosterone acts to restrain the extracellular potassium (K(+)) concentration. Blacks have on average lower plasma aldosterone concentrations (PACs) than Whites. Whether this ethnic difference is associated with similar changes in the concentration of K(+) is unclear. METHODS: Subjects w...

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Published in:Am J Hypertens
Main Authors: Tu, Wanzhu, Eckert, George J., Decker, Brian S., Howard Pratt, John
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861550/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28338830
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpx006
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