title: [Microalbuminuria and left ventricular hypertrophy in essential arterial hypertension. A study in non-diabetic patients].
abstract: To evaluate the relationship between urinary albumin excretion and left ventricular hypertrophy in essential hypertension, we studied, cross-sectionally, 64 subjects with essential hypertension and no diabetes. Urinary albumin excretion and Sokolow index correlated significantly (r = 0.483; P = 0.0001). Five subjects were positive for microalbuminuria (> 30 mg/24 h) and Sokolow index (> 35 mm); 43 were negative for both, with a concordance rate of 77 percent (chi-squared test 11.1; P = 0.0009). Stepwise multivariate regression analysis indicated two independent determinants for urinary albumin excretion: Sokolow index (F = 18.29), and diastolic blood pressure (F = 12.23). The relationships between urinary albumin excretion, Sokolow index, and blood pressure were not different in the 18 subjects taking angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitors and in the 46 others. The close relationship between urinary albumin excretion and Sokolow index observed in this study suggests that left ventricular hypertrophy due to hypertension may account for the increased cardiovascular mortality observed in non diabetic subjects with microalbuminuria.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine B, CHRU, Angers.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berrut
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chameau
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bouhanick
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hallab
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Girault
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fressinaud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013722:Teprotide / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013722:Teprotide
vernacular_title: Microalbuminurie et hypertrophie ventriculaire gauche au cours de l'hypertension artérielle essentielle. Etude chez des sujets non diabétiques.