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Renal resistive index and nocturnal non-dipping: is there an association in essential hypertension?
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PMID:  18807207     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Renal Doppler ultrasonography (RDU) is a useful method to determine renal resistive index (RRI). The RRI has been used to evaluate target organ damage (TOD) in essential hypertension. Nocturnal non-dipping of blood pressure (BP) in essential hypertension was also associated with TOD. The relationship between increased RRI and non-dipping has not been specifically studied before. Patients with newly diagnosed essential hypertension underwent 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring, biochemistry analysis, 24-h urine testing, and RDU. Totally, 198 patients (137 women, 61 men, aged 53.8 +/- 11.4 years) were included. Sixty-two patients were non-dippers, and 56 patients had increased RRI. RRI was increased in 32.3% of non-dipper patients and in 26.5% of dipper patients (P = 0.402). The RRIs of dippers were lower than the RRIs of non-dippers (0.65 +/- 0.06 vs. 0.68 +/- 0.07, P = 0.036). Multivariate logistic regression analysis of potential factors predicting increased RRI disclosed that advanced age (OR 1.090, CI 1.042-1.140, P < 0.0001) and increased pulse pressure (OR 1.037, CI 1.012-1.062, P = 0.004) were independently associated with increased RRI. In multivariate linear regression analysis, using the same independent variables, we found that square root-transformed RRI was independently associated with age (Beta + 0.366, P < 0.0001) and pulse pressure (Beta + 0.222, P = 0.001). Increased RRI and nocturnal non-dipping are not independently associated with each other in newly diagnosed essential hypertensive patients. Possible different mechanisms, or the same mechanisms but with different activation levels, may be responsible for the increased RRI and non-dipping as discrete pathologies.
Authors:
Baris Afsar; Nurhan F Ozdemir; Rengin Elsurer; Siren Sezer
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-09-20
Journal Detail:
Title:  International urology and nephrology     Volume:  41     ISSN:  1573-2584     ISO Abbreviation:  Int Urol Nephrol     Publication Date:  2009  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-05-07     Completed Date:  2009-08-20     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0262521     Medline TA:  Int Urol Nephrol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  383-91     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Nephrology, Baskent University Hospital, 3. Cadde 50, Sokak 9/8, Bahcelievler, 06500 Ankara, Turkey. afsarbrs@yahoo.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Circadian Rhythm / physiology*
Cohort Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Humans
Hypertension / complications,  physiopathology*,  ultrasonography
Male
Middle Aged
Renal Artery / physiopathology*,  ultrasonography
Risk Factors
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
Vascular Resistance / physiology*

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