Nature

High plasma aldosterone and low renin predict blood pressure increase and hypertension in middle-aged Caucasian populations

Participants were invited to attend a clinical visit with blood sampling and physical examination in 1995/1996 (baseline) and 2001/2002 (mean follow-up=5.4±0.3 years). The number of participants at ...
Nature

A critical review of the evidence supporting aldosterone in the etiology and its blockade in the treatment of obesity-associated hypertension

Obesity is epidemic in many parts of the world. In 2009–2010, the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity in the United States was 35.5% among adult men and 35.8% among adult women. 1 In animal models 2 ...
Healio

Aldosterone: The hidden hormone linking hypertension and obesity, and a potential target

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dysregulated aldosterone production, sometimes driven by obesity, can cause hypertension. Targeted therapies ...
Medscape

Aldosterone: The Forgotten Hormone

What if there were a straightforward and relatively inexpensive way to lower the incidence of heart failure (HF), renal disease, stroke, and cognitive impairment? Cardiologist Bertram Pitt, MD, said ...