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Table 3 Partial correlation coefficients (r) between adiposity measures and log-aldosterone to renin ratio, log-aldosterone and log-renin, adjusted for cardiovascular risk factors

From: Correlation of renin angiotensin and aldosterone system activity with subcutaneous and visceral adiposity: the framingham heart study

	Log-renin		Log-aldosterone		Log-aldosterone: renin ratio
	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value
SAT
Multivariable-adjusted	0.03	0.1	-0.01	0.7	0.04	0.1
VAT
Multivariable-adjusted	0.03	0.2	-0.03	0.2	0.04	0.05
Multivariable-adjusted + BMI	0.03	0.1	-0.03	0.2	0.05	0.04
Multivariable-adjusted + SAT	0.02	0.4	-0.03	0.2	0.03	0.1
BMI
Multivariable-adjusted	0.01	0.7	-0.01	0.8	0.01	0.6
Multivariable-adjusted + VAT	0.01	0.8	-0.01	0.6	0.01	0.6
Waist circumference
Multivariable-adjusted	0.04	0.06	-0.02	0.4	0.05	0.04
Multivariable-adjusted + VAT	0.03	0.2	0.01	0.7	0.02	0.4

*Multivariable-adjusted for age, sex, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment, HDL-cholesterol, log triglycerides, menopause status, hormone replacement therapy and current smoking.

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