Rates of abnormal aldosterone/renin ratio in African-origin compared to European-origin patients: A retrospective study.
Khalid S AhmedDelia BogdanetSorresa AbadiRoseMary DineenGerald BoranConor P WoodsLucy Ann BehanMark SherlockJames GibneyPublished in: Clinical endocrinology (2019)
In summary, ARR was abnormal in 55.6% of African-origin patients screened at an Irish hospital. Rates of hypokalaemia were similar between European-origin and African-origin patients. These findings have implications for the use of current screening guidelines for ARR in African-origin patients and also for the mechanistic role of aldosterone in hypertensive complications in African-origin patients.