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ea0059p027 | Adrenal and steroids | SFEBES2018

Prevalence rate, characteristics and predictive factors of primary aldosteronism among hypertensive patients who had aldosterone-renin ratio screening in Southern Thailand: A retrospective, cross-sectional study

Wonghirundecha Rawipas , Kietsiriroje Noppadol

Introduction: After the introduction of the Endocrine Society Guideline 2008, the disease recognition rate in Southern Thailand becomes dramatically noticeable. However, the prevalence rate of primary aldosteronism (PA) in this region is still unknown and aldosterone-renin ratio screening (ARR) is not widely available.Objective: i) to identify the prevalence rate of PA among patients who had ARR screening, ii) to identify predictive factors for the PA di...