… We included a representative sample of subjects from the general … association between
increased time-varying BP and rapid GFR decline. However, the study was not population-based…

… the positive relationship between high blood pressure and … We conducted a baseline
population-based comparative … Blood samples were biochemically examined for the concentration …

… (angiotensin-converting enzyme), or the Ang II (Angiotensin II) … databank supporting
population-based analytic studies of … cohort of PH as the sample included in this study contained …

… then further categorized into population-based PRA tertiles within … In addition to stimulating
angiotensin II and aldosterone … Given the large sample size of our population, we feel that …

… In the Tanno-Sobetsu Study, a study with a population-based cohort, a … of angiotensin II–dependent
renal damage. Administration of human recombinant ACE2 reduced blood pressure …

… collected at the third study visit when blood samples were collected. Study personnel were
… with higher blood pressure and higher levels of angiotensin II but lower angiotensin-(1–7) in …

… angiotensin II. There was no significant difference in the baseline eGFR level (P = 0.931)
between the … Differences between groups were tested using the independent-samples t-test or …

… of the assay was in the low picogram range (2–10 pg per sample [300 µL plasma]). … We
further explored the relationship between neonatal factors and renal and RAAS measures …

… from baseline ambulatory blood pressure and measured the … the 2-sample t test, Wilcoxon
rank-sum test, 2-sample tests of … no previous population-based studies of arterial stiffness …

… 90 years from 2 population-based studies (GAPP, Swiss Kidney Project on Genes in Hypertension
[… resulting in a homogenous sample, including the availability of 24-h ambulatory BP. …