Table 3.

Spearman correlation between the body mass index and hormone levels.

	BMI
Characteristic	r	P-value
PAC at diagnosis	−0.008	.95
PAC at 00:00 h	−0.067	.58
PAC at 06:00 h	−0.21	.087
PAC at 12:00 h	−0.021	.86
PAC at 18:00 h	−0.12	.34
PFC at 00:00 h	−0.15	.22
PFC at 06:00 h	−0.32	.0062
PFC at 12:00 h	−0.093	.44
PFC at 18:00 h	−0.18	.13
PRA at diagnosis	0.35	.0025
PRA at 00:00 h	0.40	<.001
PRA at 06:00 h	0.33	.0050
PRA at 12:00 h	0.34	.0042
PRA at 18:00 h	0.35	.0033
Urinary aldosterone	−0.056	.64

BMI = body mass index, PAC = plasma aldosterone concentration, PFC = plasma cortisol concentration, PRA = plasma renin activity.