Racial Differences in Circulating Natriuretic Peptide Levels: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Racial Differences in Circulating Natriuretic Peptide Levels: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Background Natriuretic peptides promote natriuresis, diuresis, and vasodilation. Experimental deficiency of natriuretic peptides leads to hypertension (HTN) and cardiac hypertrophy, conditions more common among African Americans. Hospital‐based studies suggest that African Americans may have reduced...

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Main Authors: Deepak K. Gupta, Brian Claggett, Quinn Wells, Susan Cheng, Man Li, Nisa Maruthur, Elizabeth Selvin, Josef Coresh, Suma Konety, Kenneth R. Butler, Thomas Mosley, Eric Boerwinkle, Ron Hoogeveen, Christie M. Ballantyne, Scott D. Solomon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-05-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
ancestry informative markers
deficiency
hypertension
natriuretic peptide
race
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.001831

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