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PRA and PA were estimated in 20 healthy infants 2-12 (mean 4, 7) months of age on a commercial modified cow's milk formula (Bebiron S-26) with 4, 6 mEq/1 of Na and on a home made, undiluted, acidified cow's milk formula with 9.8 mEq/1 of Na. The mean Na intakes were 0.74 and 1.7 mEq/kg/day respectively. The arithmetic means of the corresponding PRA were 8.63 and 9.97 ng/ml/hour (difference non significant) and the corresponding PA were 653 and 458 pg/ml respectively, the difference being highly significant (p < 0.01). It is concluded that in studying plasma aldosterone in infancy, one has to consider the milk formula sodium intake.
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Mardesic, D., Dumic, M., Gjuric, G. et al. Plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma aldosterone (PA) in healthy infants with various milk formula sodium intakes (preliminary report). Pediatr Res 12, 1101 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197811000-00122
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197811000-00122
