Fig. 1

Scatter plots between 24-h urinary excretion of angiotensinogen [left] and aldosterone [right] and hang grip strength [top], skeletal muscle mass [second from the top], thigh muscle cross sectional area (CSA) [third from the top], and visceral fat area [bottom]. Closed circles indicate men, and open circles indicate women. The correlation coefficient (r) and p values for men, women and the total population are shown in each figure. The numbers of subjects were 344 (men = 152) for hand grip strength, 343 (men = 152) for skeletal muscle mass, and 295 (men = 136) for thigh muscle CSA and visceral fat area