Papers/PMID:9280211
Effect of administered potassium on the renin-aldosterone axis in young blacks compared with whites.
Journal of hypertension1997The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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K(+) — increases plasma aldosterone concentration
Evidence strength: very limited.Findingreplicated ×2“Treatment with potassium increased the plasma aldosterone concentration (P = 0.0006) and the urinary excretion of aldosterone (P = 0.0002) significantly both for blacks and for whites.”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of administered potassium on the renin-aldosterone axis in young blacks compared with whites.. - Study
- crossover
- Participants
- 24
- Duration
- 7 days
- Dose
- 40 mmol/day potassium chloride for 7 days
- Population
- Twelve black and 12 white adolescents aged about 14 to 15 years selected for low aldosterone excretion rates; placebo-controlled randomized crossover, 7 days per treatment
Effect of administered potassium on the renin-aldosterone axis in young blacks compared with whites.1997PMID:928021110.1097/00004872-199715080-00012Permalink