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SUBMITTER: Cooper JN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3766434 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cooper Jennifer N JN Fried Linda L Tepper Ping P Barinas-Mitchell Emma E Conroy Molly B MB Evans Rhobert W RW Mori Brooks Maria M Woodard Genevieve A GA Sutton-Tyrrell Kim K
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 20130509 10
Recent data suggest excess circulating aldosterone promotes cardiometabolic decline. Weight loss may lower aldosterone levels, but little longitudinal data is available in normotensive adults. We aimed to determine whether, independent of changes in sodium excretion, reductions in serum aldosterone are associated with favorable changes in obesity-related factors in normotensive overweight/obese young adults. We studied 285 overweight/obese young adult participants (body mass index ≥ 25 and<40 kg ...[more]