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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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Autores principales: O'Seaghdha, Conall M, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Larson, Martin G, Hoffmann, Udo, Wang, Thomas J, Fox, Caroline S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3352034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22475205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-12-3