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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
Primary aldosteronism (PA) has been associated with cardiovascular hypertrophy and fibrosis, in part independent of the blood pressure level, but deleterious effects on the kidneys are less clear. Likewise, it remains unknown if the kidney can be diversely involved in PA caused by aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) and idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA). Hence, in the Primary Aldosteronism Prevalence in Italy (PAPY) Study, a prospective survey of newly diagnosed consecutive patients referred to hypertension centers nationwide, we sought signs of renal damage in patients with PA and in comparable patients with primary hypertension (PH). Patients (n = 1180) underwent a predefined screening protocol followed by tests for confirming PA and identifying the underlying adrenocortical pathology. Renal damage was assessed by 24-hour urine albumin excretion (UAE) rate and glomerular filtration rate (GFR). UAE rate was measured in 490 patients; all had a normal GFR. Of them, 31 (6.4%) had APA, 33 (6.7%) had IHA, and the rest (86.9%) had PH. UAE rate was predicted (P < 0.001) by body mass index, age, urinary Na+ excretion, serum K+, and mean blood pressure. Covariate-adjusted UAE rate was significantly higher in APA and IHA than in PH patients; there were more patients with microalbuminuria in the APA and IHA than in the PH group (P = 0.007). Among the hypertensive patients with a preserved GFR, those with APA or IHA have a higher UAE rate than comparable PH patients. Thus, hypertension because of excess autonomous aldosterone secretion features an early and more prominent renal damage than PH.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1524-4563
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
232-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-8-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Albuminuria, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Causality, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Creatinine, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Glomerular Filtration Rate, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Hyperaldosteronism, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Italy, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Kidney Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Kidney Function Tests, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Potassium, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:16801482-Renin
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Renal damage in primary aldosteronism: results of the PAPY Study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Clinica Medica 4, University Hospital, via Giustiniani, 2, 35126 Padova, Italy. gianpaolo.rossi@unipd.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't