Masked hypertension and kidney function decline

Prevalence of masked hypertension among kidney donors

Sir, Hypertension plays a major role in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. A good correlation has been reported between multiple blood pressure readings taken in the clinic under standardized conditions and left ventricular mass.[1,2] White coat hypertension or isolated clinic hypertension is transient elevation of blood pressure in response to the observer measuring the blood pressure.[3]...

Incident chronic kidney disease and the rate of kidney function decline in individuals with hypertension

BACKGROUND Little is known about the decline of kidney function in patients with normal kidney function at baseline. Our objectives were to (i) identify predictors of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) and (ii) to estimate rate of decline in kidney function. METHODS The study used a retrospective cohort of adult patients in a hypertension registry in an inner-city health care delivery syst...

Is thyroid function associated with masked hypertension?

Alterations in diastolic function in masked hypertension: findings from the masked hypertension study.

BACKGROUND In a prior study of patients with diabetes, diastolic function was similarly impaired in masked hypertension (MHT) and sustained hypertension (SHT). We evaluated whether MHT is associated with impaired diastolic function compared with SHT and sustained normotension (NT) in the general population. METHODS From February 2005 to December 2010, 798 participants without a history of car...

Arterial Stiffness and Decline in Kidney Function.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The independent link between arterial stiffness and CKD remains unknown. We investigated the association of indicators of arterial stiffness with decline in kidney function. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS We studied 3666 participants (mean age =65 years old; 58% women) from the Rotterdam Study. Pulse pressure (PP), carotid stiffness, and pulse wave vel...