Psychologic differences between high-, normal-, and low-renin hypertensives.
Sixty-one male subjects with mild untreated essential hypertension were classified by renin-sodium profiling as high renin (HR--13 Subjects), normal renin (NR--33 Subjects), or low renin (LR--15 Subjects). The HR subjects reported significantly more symptoms of sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, paranoia, and psychotic thought than LR subjects on the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90). The NR subjects also reported more symptomatology than LR subjects. Similar differences between HR and LR subjects were found with the Cattell 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF).
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*; D012964:Sodium / Q000652:urine
D012964:Sodium; D012083:Renin