Page 1 of 23 The relationship between habitual dietary sodium intake and RAAS blockade on circulating microparticle levels in type two diabetes. Sara BAQAR 1,2, Dorothy LIU 3 , Lisa F LINCZ 4 , Yee Wen KONG 3 , George JERUMS 1,2. and Elif I EKINCI 1,2. 1 Department of Endocrinology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. 2 Department of Medicine (Austin Health), The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3 The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. 4 Hunter Haematology Research Group, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital, Waratah, NSW, Australia Word counts for: Text: 3998 Abstract: 198 Figures: 4 Tables: 3 Supplementary figures: 2 Supplementary Tables: 2 Corresponding Author: A/Prof Elif I Ekinci MB BS, FRACP, PhD Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation Principal Research Fellow in Metabolic Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine, Austin Health Director of Diabetes Austin Health Heidelberg Victoria 3081 Australia Phone +61 (03) 9496 2250 Fax +61 (03) 94974554 elif.ekinci@unimelb.edu.au ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 10.1042/CS20180472 . Please cite using the DOI 10.1042/CS20180472 http://dx.doi.org/ up-to-date version is available at encouraged to use the Version of Record that, when published, will replace this version. The most this is an Accepted Manuscript, not the final Version of Record. You are : Clinical Science ). http://www.portlandpresspublishing.com/content/open-access-policy#Archiving Archiving Policy of Portland Press ( which the article is published. Archiving of non-open access articles is permitted in accordance with the Use of open access articles is permitted based on the terms of the specific Creative Commons Licence under