Forschungsinformationssystem Universität Greifswald

Hannemann A*¹, Rettig R², Dittmann K^1,3, Völzke H⁴, Endlich K⁵, Nauck M¹, Wallaschofski H¹

1 - Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin

2 - Institut für Physiologie

3 - Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin

4 - Institut für Community Medicine / Abt. SHIP KEF

5 - Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie

Increasing evidence suggests that aldosterone promotes renal damage. Since data on the association between aldosterone and renal function in the general population are sparse, we chose to address this issue. We investigated the associations between the plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) or the aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR) and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in a sample of adult men and women from Northeast Germany.