Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular Impairment

Evidence suggests that increased salt consumption induces blood pressure- (BP) mediated organ damage, yet it remains unclear whether it reflects a generalized micro- and macrovascular malfunction independent of BP. We studied 197 newly diagnosed and never-treated individuals with hypertension, inter...

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Main Authors: Areti Triantafyllou, Panagiota Anyfanti, Eugenia Gkaliagkousi, Xenophon Zabulis, Anastasios Vamvakis, Vasileios Gkolias, Konstantinos Petidis, Spyros Aslanidis, Stella Douma
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Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Hypertension
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7620563
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author Areti Triantafyllou
Panagiota Anyfanti
Eugenia Gkaliagkousi
Xenophon Zabulis
Anastasios Vamvakis
Vasileios Gkolias
Konstantinos Petidis
Spyros Aslanidis
Stella Douma
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Stella Douma
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description Evidence suggests that increased salt consumption induces blood pressure- (BP) mediated organ damage, yet it remains unclear whether it reflects a generalized micro- and macrovascular malfunction independent of BP. We studied 197 newly diagnosed and never-treated individuals with hypertension, intermediate hypertensive phenotypes, and normal BP, classified by use of 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring. Sodium excretion and microalbuminuria were estimated in 24-hour urine samples, dermal capillary density was estimated from capillaroscopy, and arterial stiffness was estimated with pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx). Sodium excretion correlated with microalbuminuria (p<0.001) and 24-hour and day- and nighttime systolic BP, but not with office blood pressure, arterial stiffness, or capillary density. In the multivariate analysis, the association with microalbuminuria was maintained (p=0.007). In a population free from the long-standing effects of hypertension, increased salt intake appears to be associated with early signs of vascular kidney damage, rather than a diffuse micro- and macrovascular impairment.
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spelling doaj-art-8a9e7ee57e14433dba3f29df2ce28e222025-08-20T02:09:24ZengWileyInternational Journal of Hypertension2090-03842090-03922018-01-01201810.1155/2018/76205637620563Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular ImpairmentAreti Triantafyllou0Panagiota Anyfanti1Eugenia Gkaliagkousi2Xenophon Zabulis3Anastasios Vamvakis4Vasileios Gkolias5Konstantinos Petidis6Spyros Aslanidis7Stella Douma83rd Department of Internal Medicine, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceInstitute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Crete, Greece3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece2nd Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece2nd Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceEvidence suggests that increased salt consumption induces blood pressure- (BP) mediated organ damage, yet it remains unclear whether it reflects a generalized micro- and macrovascular malfunction independent of BP. We studied 197 newly diagnosed and never-treated individuals with hypertension, intermediate hypertensive phenotypes, and normal BP, classified by use of 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring. Sodium excretion and microalbuminuria were estimated in 24-hour urine samples, dermal capillary density was estimated from capillaroscopy, and arterial stiffness was estimated with pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx). Sodium excretion correlated with microalbuminuria (p<0.001) and 24-hour and day- and nighttime systolic BP, but not with office blood pressure, arterial stiffness, or capillary density. In the multivariate analysis, the association with microalbuminuria was maintained (p=0.007). In a population free from the long-standing effects of hypertension, increased salt intake appears to be associated with early signs of vascular kidney damage, rather than a diffuse micro- and macrovascular impairment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7620563
spellingShingle Areti Triantafyllou
Panagiota Anyfanti
Eugenia Gkaliagkousi
Xenophon Zabulis
Anastasios Vamvakis
Vasileios Gkolias
Konstantinos Petidis
Spyros Aslanidis
Stella Douma
Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular Impairment
International Journal of Hypertension
title Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular Impairment
title_full Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular Impairment
title_fullStr Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular Impairment
title_full_unstemmed Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular Impairment
title_short Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular Impairment
title_sort association of urinary sodium excretion with vascular damage a local kidney effect rather than a marker of generalized vascular impairment
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7620563
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