Relationship between urinary albumin excretion and blood pressure in the community pharmacy: the Palmera study

Source: American Journal of Hypertension Area: Evidence > Medicines Management > References Letter commenting on a paper by Andreadis et al. (Am J Hypertens Sep 2012;25(9):969-973) which showed that systolic and diastolic automated office blood pressure (BP) (AOBP) readings were independently associated with urine albumin and the presence of microalbuminuria.  As part of the Palmera study in Spain, the writers collected data on urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) from 70 treated hypertensive patients (average age: 61.8 +/- 12.4 years; women: 44.3%).  Blood pressure was measured by a physician (three visits; three measurements per visit), by a community pharmacist (five visits; three measurements per visit) and at home (four consecutive working days; three measurements in the morning and three in the evening), using the validated OMRON M10-IT device (Omron Corp, Tokyo, Japan).  Systolic community pharmacy BP (CPBP) was associated with ACR independently of other factors for renal damage, whereas diastolic CPBP was not.  The writers conclude that ...
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