Lower aldosterone-renin ratio is a risk factor for total and cancer death in Japanese individuals: the Takahata study

• Published in: Clinical endocrinology (Oxford) Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 489 - 496
• Main Authors: Daimon, Makoto, Konta, Tsuneo, Oizumi, Toshihide, Kameda, Wataru, Susa, Shinji, Terui, Ken, Nigawara, Takeshi, Kageyama, Kazunori, Ueno, Yoshiyuki, Kubota, Isao, Yamashita, Hidetoshi, Kayama, Takamasa, Kato, Takeo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aldosterone - blood; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Japan; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - blood; Neoplasms - mortality; Proportional Hazards Models; Renin - blood; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome; Japan

Summary Objective A higher plasma aldosterone–renin ratio (ARR) is an established marker for screening for primary aldosteronism (PA). The association between higher ARR and mortality in a general population has not been fully explored. We here examined whether higher ARR is a risk factor for total...