aDepartment of Health Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan
bIstituto Auxologico Italiano, Meda
cDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
dDepartment of Cardiology, Charité-University-Medicine Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
eIstituto di Ricerche a Carattere Scientifico Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy
Correspondence to Professor Cesare Cuspidi, Clinical Research Unit, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Viale della Resistenza 23, 20036 Meda, Italy. Tel: +39 0362 77243; fax: +39 0362 772416; e-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: ATII, angiotensin II; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; BSA, body surface area; CI, confidence interval; CV, cardiovascular; EH, essential hypertension; FMD, fibromuscular dysplasia; LV, left ventricular; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; OR, odd ratio; RAS, renal artery stenosis; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; SMD, standard means difference
Received 29 April, 2017
Revised 5 June, 2017
Accepted 30 June, 2017
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