title: [Estimation of urinary excretion rate of guanidinoacetic acid in essential hypertension].
abstract: 78 patients with essential hypertension (17 with borderline hypertension and 61 with hypertension) and 13 normal controls were examined to evaluate the relation between the urinary excretion rate of guanidinoacetic acid/creatinine (U-GAA/Cr), beta 2-microglobulin/creatinine (U-BMG/Cr), radio-sensitive microalbumin excretion rate/creatinine (U-AER/Cr), N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase/creatinine (U-NAG/Cr) and renal function. There was no significant difference among these groups in creatinine clearance (Ccr), serum creatinine (Cr) or in U-BMG/Cr, U-NAG/Cr and U-AER/Cr. In hypertensive patients U-GAA/Cr was 49.2 +/- 16.7 mg/gCr, which was much lower than in controls (78.1 +/- 13.4) (p less than 0.001). The Ccr has a significant relation with U-GAA/Cr (r = 0.29, p less than 0.01) but not with U-AER/Cr, U-BMG/Cr nor U-NAG/Cr. In 44 patients, all of the above factors were investigated for 24 weeks during 4 kinds of anti-hypertensive treatment (10 with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor: A group, 11 with a beta-adrenergic blocker: B group, 12 with a Ca entry blocker: C group and 12 with diuretics: D group). In A and C group, U-GAA/Cr was elevated during therapeutic course. However, in B and D group it declined during treatment. These findings suggested that urinary excretion of GAA may be a more sensitive marker than AER, BMG or NAG in hypertension and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and Ca entry blocker can be useful in the treatment of patients with essential hypertension with renal damage.
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takano
mesh_terms: D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase / Q000652:urine; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine*; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin; D003404:Creatinine; D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase; C004946:glycocyamine; D005998:Glycine