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Endocrine Abstracts (2022) 81 EP59 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.81.EP59

ECE2022 Eposter Presentations Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology (131 abstracts)

Screening of primary aldosteronism among egyptian hypertensive population

Marwa Fathy 1 , Mona Mansour 2 , Ahmed Rabie 2 , Fatma Abd Elhafiz 3 , Randa Salam 1 & Abeer Awad 2


1Faculty of Medicine-Cairo University, Internal Medicine-Endocrinology Unit, Cairo, Egypt; 2Faculty of Medicine-Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 3Faculty of Medicine-Cairo University, Clinical Pathology, Cairo, Egypt.


Background: Hypertension is a common condition that affects many people all over the world. It could be associated with several complications especially in cases of resistant hypertension. Many clinical practice guidelines recommend screening for primary aldosteronism especially in persons with resistant hypertension owing to the worse prognosis when compared with blood pressure-matched essential hypertension.

Objective: The study aimed to screen for primary aldosteronism in high-risk hypertensive Egyptian patients, and to determine the challenges faced in the diagnosis.

Material and Methods: 50 high-risk hypertensive patients were recruited from the Outpatient Endocrinology Clinic out of 200 hypertensive patients in the period from February 2019 and April 2021. Creatinine, Glycosylated hemoglobin (HBA1c), lipid profile, potassium level, sodium level, plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC), active renin concentration (ARC), and aldosterone/renin ratio (ARR) were assessed in all patients.

Results: A series of 50 hypertensive patients screened for PA (26 females and 24 males) with a mean age of 41.88±11.91 S.D.. We found that 41 (82%) patients were receiving antihypertensive medications and 9 (18%) patients didn’t receive treatment for hypertension previously. 9 (18%) patients kept on no treatment, 6 (12%) patients were kept on the same anti-hypertensive medications, and 35 (70%) of them were shifted to other anti-hypertensive drugs. 4 patients out of total 50 patients had a positive ARR (>46), while 13 (26%) patients out of total 50 hypertensive patients had low renin levels. There was a statistically significant relation between serum aldosterone/renin ratio (ARR) and serum potassium (K) with P-value=0.001 (Figure 4), also a statistically significant relation between serum aldosterone/renin ratio (ARR) and (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure) with P-value =0.001 was found.

Conclusion: we recommend routine screening for PA in high-risk hypertensive patients that could offer targeted treatment before adverse cardiovascular consequences develop.

Keywords: High-risk hypertensive patients; Primary aldosteronism; Plasma aldosterone concentration; Active renin concentration; Aldosterone/renin ratio.

Volume 81

European Congress of Endocrinology 2022

Milan, Italy
21 May 2022 - 24 May 2022

European Society of Endocrinology 

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