Plasma levels of digitalis-like substance in Nigerians with essential hypertension

Autor: B, Osotimehin, S O, Lawal, A O, Iyun, A O, Falase, M G, Pernollet, M A, Devynck, P, Meyer
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: African journal of medicine and medical sciences. 17(4)
ISSN: 0309-3913
Popis: A plasma Na+-K+ ATPase inhibitor, which is estimated by a technique in which it competes with ouabain for binding on red cells, was measured in three groups of individuals: (a) normotensive subjects without a family history of hypertension, (b) normotensive subjects with a family history of hypertension, (c) untreated essential hypertensive subjects. The mean value of the inhibitor in group (b) subjects was significantly higher than the mean value in group (a). The mean value in group (c) subjects was also significantly higher than in group (a) subjects. However, the means of the values in groups (b) and (c) were not significantly different. There was a significant positive correlation between the levels of the inhibitor and the urinary Na+ excretion in all subjects. However, there was no correlation between the inhibitor levels and mean arterial pressure. The relevance of these results to the pathophysiology of hypertension in the black African subject is discussed.
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