CellWell record HH-85223
Association of urinary sodium/potassium ratio with structural and functional vascular changes in non-diabetic hypertensive patients
Cunha MR; Cunha AR; Marques BCAA; Mattos SS; D'El-Rei J; França NM; Oigman W; Neves MF
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2019
In plain language
In 72 non-diabetic hypertensive patients, the top tertile of 24-hour urinary sodium to potassium ratio had higher C-reactive protein, aortic systolic pressure and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (11.1 versus 9.2 m/s).
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