Objective To investigate the relationship between serum salusin-α level and the presence of coronary artery disease(CAD) in hypertensive patients.Methods A total of 174 patients with hypertension were divided into CAD group(n=86) and non-CAD group(n=88).Serum salusin-α level was measured in two groups with ELISA.The association between the variables and the presence of CAD was investigated by multivariant logistic regression analysis.Results Serum salusin-α level was significantly lower in CAD group than th...