Increased Circulating ANG II and TNF-α Represents Important Risk Factors in Obese Saudi Adults with Hypertension Irrespective of Diabetic Status and BMI

• Nasser M. Al-Daghri ,

  * E-mail: aldaghri2011@gmail.com (NMA); a.harte@warwick.ac.uk (ALH)

  Affiliation Biomarkers Research Program, Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Lotfi S. Bindahman,

  Affiliations Biomarkers Research Program, Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

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• Omar S. Al-Attas,

  Affiliations Biomarkers Research Program, Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Tahia H. Saleem,

  Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

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• Majed S. Alokail,

  Affiliation Biomarkers Research Program, Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Khalid M. Alkharfy,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Hossam M. Draz,

  Affiliations Biomarkers Research Program, Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Department of Biochemistry, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

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• Sobhy Yakout,

  Affiliation Biomarkers Research Program, Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Amany O. Mohamed,

  Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

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• Alison L. Harte ,

  * E-mail: aldaghri2011@gmail.com (NMA); a.harte@warwick.ac.uk (ALH)

  Affiliation Division of Metabolic and Vascular Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, CSRL, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust, Walsgrave, Coventry, United Kingdom

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• Philip G. McTernan

  Affiliation Division of Metabolic and Vascular Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, CSRL, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust, Walsgrave, Coventry, United Kingdom

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