1. Reference intervals for LC-MS /MS measurements of plasma renin activity, aldosterone, angiotensin II, and 24-hour urinary aldosterone in Northern Chinese Han population.
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Yin Y, Ma C, Yu S, Ai Q, Han C, Zhong J, Luo W, Ma X, Yu J, Zhang Y, Cui J, and Qiu L
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- Humans, East Asian People, Hyperaldosteronism, Hypertension, Peptide Hormones, Reference Values, Healthy Volunteers, Aldosterone blood, Aldosterone urine, Angiotensin II blood, Chromatography, Liquid, Renin blood, Tandem Mass Spectrometry methods, Renin-Angiotensin System
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Background: Examination of aldosterone to Renin Ratio (ARR) and plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) or 24-h urinary aldosterone excretion (24-h UALD) was the necessary tests in confirmatory tests for primary aldosteronism (PA). We developed a combined liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method (LC-MS/MS) for plasma renin activity (PRA), PAC, and angiotensin II (Ang II) and investigated their reference intervals (RIs) in northern Chinese Han population. The RIs of 24-h UALD excretion were also studied using LC-MS/MS., Methods: A total of 309 healthy volunteers were recruited in 3 cities in China. PRA, PAC, Ang II, and 24-h UALD were measured using the laboratory-developed LC-MS/MS. Multiple linear regression and the variance component model were applied to determine if the RI needed to be split. The RIs of PRA, PAC, and Ang II were determined using the nonparametric percentile method., Results: The laboratory-developed LC-MS/MS method was verified and showed good performance. Standard deviation ratio (SDR) sex for PAC and SDR region for Ang II are 0.466 and 0.407, respectively, indicating that the RIs of PAC and Ang II must be divided by sex and region, respectively. In addition, the SDR 24hUK for 24-h UALD is 0.579, indicating that the RI of 24-h UALD must be partitioned by urine potassium., Conclusion: RIs were established for tests related to the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in the apparently healthy northern Chinese Han population by the LC-MS/MS method., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2023
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