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Table 2 Laboratory data for secondary causes of hypertensiona

From: A 50-year-old refugee woman with a lithopedion and a lifetime of trauma: a case report

Thyroid stimulating hormone

2.840

Aldosterone

1.4

Renin activity

 < 0.167

Aldosterone/renin ratio

 > 8.4

Metanephrine Fractionated Plasma: Normetanephrine, Metanephrine

73.4, 45.6

  1. aReference ranges are as follows: thyroid stimulating hormone, 0.270 to 4.200 milli-international units per milliliter; aldosterone, 0.0 to 30.0 nanogram per deciliter; renin activity, 0.167 to 5.380 nanogram per milliliter per hour; aldosterone/renin ratio, 0.0 to 30 nanogram per deciliter per nanogram per milliliter per hour; normetanephrine, 0.0 to 218.9 picograms per milliliter; metanephrine, 0.0 to 88 picograms per milliliter