Serum aldosterone and the incidence of hypertension in nonhypertensive persons
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Aldosterone is believed to be the cause of secondary hypertension. An investigation to examine the relation of baseline serum aldosterone levels to increases in blood pressure and incidence of hypertension in nonhypertensive participants showed that increased aldosterone exposed persons to the development of hypertension.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
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Plasma natriuretic peptide levels and the risk of cardiovascular events and deaths
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Plasma natriuretic peptide levels predicted the risk of death and cardiovascular events after adjustment for traditional risk factors, through community based sampling. Counterregulatory hormones involved in homeostasis and cardiovascular remodeling are known to be natruitic peptides.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
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Predictors of new-onset kidney disease in a community-based population
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Stepwise logistic regression was used to determine the impact of risk factors on the occurrence of new-onset kidney disease. It was found that onset of new kidney disease is associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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