Table 1.

Relation between circulating renin-angiotensin–aldosterone system and fat and lean mass, fasting glucose levels, and expression of CYPB11B2, AT1R, and AT2R.

	Aldosterone ng/ml		ARR (a.u.)
	p	R	p	R
Fat mass percentage	0.0028	0.5431	0.05	0.3634
Lean mass percentage	<0.0001	−0.6955	0.0006	−0.6108
Fasten glucose mg/ml	0.0004	0.6258	0.0191	0.4402
CYP11B2 mRNA expression	0.0005	0.6961	0.0387	0.4540
AT1R mRNA expression	0.0030	0.6281	0.0900	0.3890
AT2R mRNA expression	<0.0001	0.8434	0.0002	0.7066

Fat, lean mass%, and glucose n = 20; mRNA n = 7.