TABLE 1

FROM:

Aldosterone-to-renin ratio, arterial stiffness, and the response to aldosterone antagonism in essential hypertension

Azra Mahmud and John Feely

Table 1. Demographic and biochemical variables in 24 hypertensive subjects (10 women), age 50 (3 years), mean SEM

Weight (kg)	81 5
Height (cm)	167 2
BMI (kg/m2)	28.8 1
Plasma aldosterone (pmol/mL)	636 76
Plasma renin (ng/mL/h)	1.7 0.27
Aldosterone: renin ratio (ARR)	707 116
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.2 0.2
Plasma LDL (mmol/L)	3.2 0.34
Plasma HDL (mmol/L)	1.47 0.08
Plasma triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.6 0.28
Plasma glucose (mmol/L)	5.2 0.1
Plasma potassium (mmol/L)	3.95 0.1
Plasma sodium (mmol/L)	139 0.8
Plasma creatinine (mmol/L)	87 3
Blood urea (mmol/L)	5.7 0.3