title: [Prevalence of antinuclear antibodies in hypertensive diabetics treated with acebutolol].
abstract: Acebutolol may induce the development of antinuclear antibodies and, exceptionally, of a lupus-like syndrome. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of antinuclear antibodies in hypertensive diabetics under long-term treatment with acebutolol. Seventy-eight normal subjects, 75 diabetics under antidiabetic therapy only, and 75 hypertensive diabetics who received acebutolol in mean doses of 478 +/- 242 mg/day for at least one year were investigated. The 3 groups were comparable with regard to age and sex. Antinuclear antibodies were detected in 18.6% of diabetics under acebutolol, as against 3.8% and 1.3% respectively of subjects in the other groups (p less than 0.01). There was no correlation between the levels of antinuclear antibodies and the dosage or duration of acebutolol treatment. None of the sera tested contained antinative DNA antibodies, and none of the hypertensive diabetics exhibited signs of lupus-like syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000070:Acebutolol / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D000070:Acebutolol
vernacular_title: Prévalence des anticorps antinucléaires chez les diabétiques hypertendus traités par l'acébutolol.