Aldosterone and Renin Test Results - Interpretation?

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Hi,

I just got my Aldosterone and Renin Test Results back and I cannot

make heads or tails of it.

I had the blood drawn at 3:40 PM and I was sitting in a chair. And,

at about 1PM I had a lunch that I realized later was probably pretty

high in salt. I had not followed any special salt restricted diet

prior to having the blood drawn, but I had not been using sea salt

either.

!ALDOSTERONE/RENIN RATIO

SEE COMMENT

ALDOSTERONE/RENIN RATIO: 6.3

Reference Range: <30.0

ALDOSTERONE: 48

Reference Range: <32 ng/dL

REFERENCE RANGE for Aldosterone Serum:

upright: 4-31 ng/dL

supine: < 16 ng/dL

RENIN ACTIVITY: 7.6 ng/mL/hr

Reference Range: not applicable (what???)

REFERENCE RANGE for Renin Activity Plasma

Normal Diet:

Supine: <3.4 ng/mL/hr

Upright: <5.3 ng/mL/hr

Restricted Salt Intake:

Sodium Excretion PRA

(mEq/24 hr) (ng/mL/hr)

0 - 30 1.3 - 31.4

30 - 75 2.3 - 9.6

75 - 150 0.8 - 3.5

> 150 < 1.8

Note: An Exclamation mark (!) indicates a result that was not

dispersed into the flowsheet.

Any insight you can give me would be appreciated.

Thanks,

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