Plasma Renin and Aldosterone in Adult-Onset Diabetics with Persistent Proteinuria

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Medicine Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 194 - 201
• Main Authors: SUGIYAMA, Hiromichi, UCHIMURA, Isao, ODAKURA, Tsutomu, MAEZAWA, Hidenori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 01.01.1981
• Subjects: Adult-onset diabetics; Aldosterone - blood; Angiotensin II - pharmacology; Bed Rest; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetic Nephropathies - blood; Female; Furosemide - pharmacology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Non-hypertensive diabetics; Plasma aldosterone; Plasma renin activity; Proteinuria - blood; Proteinuria - etiology; Renin - blood; Renin - metabolism; Renin-Angiotensin System - drug effects; Space life sciences

Plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma aldosterone (PA) were measured under conditions of bed rest and after administration of furosemide and/or angiotensin II to adultonset diabetics and age-matched controls. Seventeen of the diabetics had no proteinuria (non-proteinuria group) while in the other t...