title: Hypertension and micro-albuminuria in diabetic patients taking indapamide.
abstract: The effects of indapamide on diabetic patients with micro-albuminuria were evaluated in a multicentre study to assess the advantages of this compound in long-term renal protection. Thirty-two hypertensive diabetic patients (10 males, 22 females, aged 46-84 years) were given indapamide at 2.5 mg/day for a 2-month period. There was a significant fall in systolic blood pressure (174 +/- 18 to 148 +/- 12 mmHg, P less than 0.001) and diastolic blood pressure (95 +/- 13 to 85 +/- 8 mmHg, P less than 0.001) and in the albumin excretion rate (median, 40.8 to 18.9 mg/l; P less than 0.05). Blood glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin, electrolytes, creatinine and serum lipids remained unchanged. There was a small but significant correlation between changes in systolic blood pressure and changes in albuminuria (r = 0.04, P less than 0.05). Thus, the effect of indapamide on albumin excretion cannot be explained by a decrease in the intraglomerular perfusion pressure alone. Indapamide, therefore, might be of potential interest in the long-term renal protection of the diabetic patient with elevated blood pressure values and/or micro-albuminuria.
authors.affiliation: City Hospital Schwabing, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Janka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weitz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blümner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Michel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mehnert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D007190:Indapamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D007190:Indapamide