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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2013 Aug 1;42(4):789–808. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2013.06.002

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The interrelationship between adiposity and maladaptive changes in the heart and kidney in CRS. GFR = Glomerular filtration rate; IL = interleukin; PAI = plasminogen activator inhibitor; RAAS = renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; ROS = reactive oxygen species; TNF = tumor necrosis factor; TPA = tissue plasminogen activator. From Sumner AE. Ethnic differences in triglyceride levels and high-density lipoprotein lead to underdiagnosis of the metabolic syndrome in black children and adults. The Journal of pediatrics. 2009; 155: 049, with permission. Copyright © 2011 Karger Publishers, Basel, Switzerland.