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Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology
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(12)2000.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-518473
ABSTRACT
AIM: To study the relationship between renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and hypertension in coal miners. METHODS: The coal miners received questionnaire investigation and their blood pressure, height and weight were measured, plasma renin activity(PRA), plasma angiotensin Ⅱ(AngⅡ) and aldosterone(ALD) were tested by means of radioimmunoassay in coal miners with hypertension and nor-hypertension. RESULTS: It was found that levels of PRA,AngⅡ and ALD were significantly higher in hypertensive group than in nor-hypertensive group(all P