title: Nitrendipine once or twice daily in hypertensive non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Twenty (12 male, 8 female) hypertensive patients were recruited into the study; their mean (+/- SD) sitting blood pressure (BP) was 166 +/- 13/101 +/- 4 mm Hg, age 59.6 +/- 5.8 years, weight 83.4 +/- 14.2 kg, and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) 9.9 +/- 2.6%. After a run-in period of 4 weeks, patients were randomized to receive nitrendipine once or twice daily, with 15 patients completing the 12-week study period. Prior to treatment with nitrendipine, the patients subsequently treated on a twice-daily regimen had a higher sitting systolic BP (SBP) of 173 +/- 15 mm Hg compared to the once-daily patient group at 159 +/- 7 mm Hg (p less than 0.05). There were no differences between the two treatment groups in weight or diabetes control. Once-daily nitrendipine effectively reduced the sitting SBP and diastolic BP (DBP), i.e., SBP fell from 159 +/- 7 to 147 +/- 12 mm Hg (p less than 0.05) and DBP fell from 100 +/- 4 to 86.3 +/- 8 mm Hg (p less than 0.001). Nonsignificant reductions in weight from 81.5 +/- 11.3 to 80.9 +/- 11.2 kg and HbA1 from 9.8 +/- 3.3 to 8.4 +/- 1.3% were also seen. Similarly, with twice-daily nitrendipine, a significant (p less than 0.01) fall in sitting systolic BP from 173 +/- 15 to 148 +/- 9 mm Hg and DBP 103 +/- 4 to 85 +/- 8 mm Hg was also achieved. Little or no change was observed in weight or glycemic control in this patient group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, U.K.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dolben
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vora
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luzio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vølund
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Owens
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D009568:Nitrendipine