[The level of plasma renin and plasma aldosterone activity in normotensive women and in pregnancy-induced arterial hypertension in a group of women from Cameroon].

Plasma renin and aldosterone activity levels were measured in a group of women from the Cameroons at various stages of pregnancy with results that were similar to the classical results already reported elsewhere. In another group of Cameroons women at term presenting with hypertension of pregnancy, the plasma renin and aldosterone activity values were the same as those found in normotensive, non-pregnant controls. However, these values were higher than those recorded in similar studies performed in Black African women.