title: Effects of felodipine on urinary albumin excretion and metabolic control in hypertensive non-insulin-dependent diabetics.
abstract: The effect of a blood pressure reduction by 10 mg extended release felodipine once daily on urinary albumin excretion (UAE) as well as the possible diabetogenic effect of felodipine was studied. A 2 X 12 week placebo-controlled double-blind crossover study was performed in 12 hypertensive non-insulin-dependent diabetic (NIDDM) patients without nephropathy on concomitant treatment with beta-blocker and/or a diuretic agent. Metabolic control as estimated by fasting plasma glucose, hemoglobin A1c and fasting plasma C-peptide was unaltered after felodipine. Blood pressure was significantly reduced by felodipine: systolic 166 +/- 26 mm Hg (placebo) v 153 +/- 26 mm Hg (felodipine) (P less than .05) and diastolic 95 +/- 7 mm Hg v 90 +/- 8 mm Hg (P less than .05). Heart rate was unchanged. There was no correlation between blood pressure and UAE, but the relative change in UAE expressed as UAE placebo/UAE felodipine was significantly correlated to the fall in systolic blood pressure (r = 0.64, P = .03) and mean blood pressure (r = 0.66, P = .02). Since microalbuminuria predicts proteinuria and reduced survival, early antihypertensive treatment may be beneficial in NIDDM as it is in IDDM. Long-term consequences on kidney function and mortality remains, however, to be elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Second University Clinic of Internal Medicine Kommunehospitalet, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Mogensen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D015736:Felodipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D002096:C-Peptide; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D015736:Felodipine; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin