Aldosterone, Renin, and Diabetes Mellitus in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study
Author(s) -
Joshua J. Joseph,
Justin B. EchouffoTcheugui,
Rita R. Kalyani,
HsinChieh Yeh,
Alain G. Bertoni,
Valery Effoe,
Ramon Casanova,
Mario Sims,
Adolfo Correa,
Wen-Chih Wu,
Gary S. Wand,
Sherita Hill Golden
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2016-1002
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , glycated hemoglobin , insulin resistance , hazard ratio , body mass index , aldosterone , endocrinology , proportional hazards model , blood pressure , type 2 diabetes , confidence interval
Previous research has suggested that activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system may promote insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction, but the association with incident diabetes in African Americans is unknown.
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