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. 2012 Apr 4;12:3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-12-3

Table 2.

Age-, and sex-adjusted Pearson correlation coefficients (r) of adiposity measures and log-aldosterone to renin ratio, log-aldosterone and log-renin; overall and stratified by sex

Log-renin Log-aldosterone Log-aldosterone: renin
r P-value r P-value r P-value

Overall

Body Mass Index 0.03 0.2 -0.04 0.07 0.04 0.04

Waist circumference 0.04 0.06 -0.02 0.4 0.05 0.03

Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue 0.04 0.1 -0.01 0.6 0.04 0.1

Visceral Adipose Tissue 0.03 0.2 -0.03 0.2 0.04 0.06

Men

Body Mass Index 0.02 0.6 -0.05 0.2 0.04 0.2

Waist circumference 0.02 0.5 -0.06 0.06 0.05 0.1

Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue 0.01 0.8 -0.04 0.2 0.03 0.4

Visceral Adipose Tissue 0.00 1.0 -0.05 0.1 0.03 0.4

Women

Body Mass Index 0.04 0.2 -0.04 0.2 0.06 0.07

Waist circumference 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.6 0.04 0.2

Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue 0.06 0.06 0.01 0.6 0.04 0.2

Visceral Adipose Tissue 0.06 0.05 -0.01 0.8 0.06 0.07