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Section Type: METHODS

Text: Using constant infusion input clearance technique (PAH and inulin respectively), changes of renal plasma flow (RPF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in response to intravenous infusions of L-arginine (100 mg/kg/30 min and 500 mg/kg/30 min) were studied in 21 hypercholesterolaemic humans (age 57 + / -9 years, LDL-cholesterol 211 + / -35 mg/dl) and in 20 young healthy (age 26 + / -2 years, LDL-cholesterol 90 + / -27 mg/dl) and 20 older healthy age-matched control individuals (age 50 + / -8 years, LDL-cholesterol 106 + / -20 mg/dl).