前瞻性研究表明,难治性高血压患者中有20%患醛固酮增多症。针对正常血压和高血压患者的观察性研究中,有少数研究发现醛固酮水平与肥胖之间存在相关性,但是其他研究未能证实该结论。先前尚未有研究阐明难治性高血压患者体质量指数(body mass index,BMI)与醛固酮水平之间的相关性。该研究的目的为确定在非洲裔和白人患者中,BMI与血浆醛固 Prospective studies have shown that 20% of patients with refractory hypertension have aldosteronism. In observational studies of normotensive and hypertensive patients, few studies found a correlation between aldosterone levels and obesity, but other studies failed to confirm the conclusion. No previous study has elucidated the association between body mass index (BMI) and aldosterone levels in patients with refractory hypertension. The aim of this study was to determine BMI and plasma aldosterone in African-American and Caucasian patients