The dietary change was also shown to cause the kidneys to release more of a protein called renin and its hormone aldosterone which is linked with high blood pressure.

Preterm delivery was associated with maternal drug-treated hypertension and impaired renal function. A matched case-control study showed no evidence of increased renal allograft loss after pregnancy.

AIM: to compare protective effect of nitrendipine with that of captopril on the renal vessel function in spontaneous hypertensive rats.