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G Guilloteau

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Microalbuminuria as a predictor of a drop in glomerular filtration rate in subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

UNLABELLED: Hypertension and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) are two major risk factors for end-stage renal failure. The value of microalbuminuria (urinary albumin excretion [UAE]: 30-300 mg/24 h) as an indicator of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is not known in these patients. METHODS: The relationships between microalbuminuria and GFR in subjects with NIDDM and hypertension were studied cross-sectionally (Study I) and longitudinally (Study II). RESULTS: In study I, 205 NIDDM subjects with hypertension (151 with normoalbuminuria [UAE < 30 mg/24 h] and 54 with microalbuminuria) were studied. The GFR of subjects with normoalbuminuria (97 +/- 30 ml/min) (mean +/- SD), and microalbuminuria (97 +/- 27 ml/min; NS) were similar. Study II examined 51 of the subjects with normoalbuminuria and 21 with microalbuminuria 22 months (range 13-57) later. The GFR of subjects with microalbuminuria (-10 +/- 19 ml/min) declined more than in those with normoalbuminuria (+4 +/- 17 ml/min; Student's t-test: p = 0.0022). The predictive value of microalbuminuria for a drop in GFR was independent of the antihypertensive treatment used, the follow-up time, or changes in UAE. The only variable linked to GFR loss in subjects with microalbuminuria was an increase in diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.0298). CONCLUSION: Microalbuminuria is a risk factor for a drop in GRF in NIDDM subjects with hypertension, and a reduction in blood pressure is the only effective way to prevent a loss of GFR in subjects with microalbuminuria.

Albuminuria

Loss of the nocturnal decline in blood pressure in subjects with essential hypertension and microalbuminuria.

BACKGROUND: Microalbuminuria, a marker of early renal damage, predicts mortality in non-diabetic subjects. The loss of circadian blood pressure regulation is associated with the severity of essential hypertension and has been reported in hypertension due to renal disease. We therefore looked for a possible link between microalbuminuria and the smaller decrease in nocturnal blood pressure that occurs in essential hypertension.METHODS: The 24 h ambulatory blood pressure of 52 subjects with essential hypertension was measured and their urine tested for microalbuminuria (urinary albumin excretion of 30-300 mg/24 h). RESULTS: The subjects with (n = 10) and without (n = 42) microalbuminuria were comparable in clinical characteristics, antihypertensive treatments and serum creatinine. They had significantly different night-time systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure decreases on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Two-factor analysis of variance showed that the day-night blood pressure decrease was linked to microalbuminuria status. The day-night blood pressure change of subjects with microalbuminuria differed from that of subjects without microalbuminuria independently from the daytime blood pressure level. CONCLUSION: Subjects with essential hypertension and microalbuminuria show a loss of nocturnal blood pressure decline. Whether microalbuminuria indicates a subtype of essential hypertension due to renal disease or severe hypertension with early renal damage remains to be clarified.

Journal Article

[Decrease of nocturnal blood pressure in type II diabetic subjects with microalbuminuria].

The aim of this study was to evaluate the circadian blood pressure variations in subjects with or without microalbuminuria (Urinary Albumin Excretion (UAE) between 30 and 300 mg/24 h. Forty-nine non-insulin dependent diabetic subjects with essential arterial hypertension and without proteinuria (UAE < 300 mg/24 h) were consecutively recruited. Systolic (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) have been measured using a SpaceLabs 90207 ambulatory blood pressure monitor, every 15 minutes during daytime (7:00 a.m. to 22:00 p.m.) and every 30 minutes during nighttime (22:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m.). UAE has been measured by nephelometry on three 24 h urine collections. The group with microalbuminuria (n = 16) was not different from the group with normoalbuminuria (n = 33) for age, sex ratio, body mass index, known diabetes duration, proportion of anti-hypertensive treatment, serum creatinine and HbA1c. Daytime blood pressures (SBP/DBP: 144 +/- 15/83 +/- 8 vs 137 +/- 13/84 +/- 9 mmHg) and nighttime DBP (75 +/- 7 vs 74 +/- 9 mmHg) were comparable between both groups. In contrast, the nighttime SBP was higher in subjects with microalbuminuria than in those without (139 +/- 17 vs 129 +/- 17 mmHg; p = 0.016). If dippers are the subjects with a nocturnal blood pressure reduction (SBP and/or DBP) below 4%, there is a relationship between "non dippler" subjects and those with microalbuminuria (Chi-squared test = 5.67; p = 0.017). In conclusion, hypertensive non-insulin dependent diabetic subjects with microalbuminuria have a loss of nocturnal blood pressure decrease.

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