Quantification of systemic renin-angiotensin system peptides of hypertensive black and white African men established from the RAS-Fingerprint

• Published in: Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system Vol. 17; no. 4
• Main Authors: van Rooyen, JM, Poglitsch, M, Huisman, HW, Mels, CMC, Kruger, R, Malan, L, Botha, S, Lammertyn, L, Gafane, L, Schutte, AE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Adult; African Continental Ancestry Group; Angiotensin II - blood; European Continental Ancestry Group; Humans; Hypertension - blood; Male; Original; Peptides - blood; Renin-Angiotensin System; Statistics, Nonparametric; RAS-Fingerprint; whites; renin; blacks; RAS peptides

Objective: The objective of this study was to make use of a quantitative and qualitative approach comparing the systemic renin-angiotensin system (RAS) of hypertensive black and white African men by using RAS equilibrium analysis. Materials and methods: This sub-study involved 23 black (n = 15) and...