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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Vol 13, Issue 3 728-730, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press

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Is blood pressure related to kidney size and shape?

G Raman, A Clark, S Campbell, L Watkins and C Osmond
Wessex Renal and Transplant Unit, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth PO3 6AD, UK; MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK; Corresponding author

Objective: To examine the relationship between blood pressure and the size and shape of the kidneys in healthy volunteers from the community. Design: A cross-sectional community-based study of normal volunteers in Portsmouth City, Hampshire, UK. Subjects: Subjects numbered 185 (99 female), aged 19-66 years. Results: Blood pressure was higher in men, and in those with higher body mass index. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure were correlated with the derived kidney volume. However, when corrected for age, sex and BMI the relationship was not statistically significant. Blood pressure correlated inversely with the width : length ratio of the left kidney. Conclusions: Blood pressure was not correlated with kidney size in this group of adults. Key words: blood pressure; hypertension; kidney size; kidney volume; kidney dimensions
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