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Background <p>The diagnostic accuracy of screening and confirmatory tests to differentiate primary aldosteronism (PA) among patients with low-renin hypertension (HTN) is suboptimal. We aimed to assess the role of the postural stimulation test (PST) in differentiating PA from low-renin HTN.</p> Patients and methods <p>Clinical and endocrine data in clinostatic position (CP) and orthostatic position (OP) during PST were evaluated in 190 hypertensive patients: 80 with PA and 110 with low-renin HTN. Multivariate techniques were computed: Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Partial Least Square-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) and k-means clustering.</p> Results <p>PST response differentiated our cohort: 96% of PA were detected in the 56/190 patients with always suppressed renin levels during PST, 80% of patients with low-renin HTN were identified among 56/190 subjects with de-suppression of renin from CP to OP and 78/190 with always measurable renin. Normal potassium and measurable renin in OP were predictors of low-renin HTN. Cluster analysis distinguished PA from low-renin HTN: Cluster 2 included 104/110 low-renin HTN; Cluster 1 PA patients showed a higher frequency of suppressed renin levels at baseline and during PST (100% in CP and 95% in OP, respectively). Cluster 1 low- renin HTN patients had lower potassium and a higher frequency of suppressed renin levels at diagnosis and during PST, compared to Cluster 2. PLS-DA and PCA confirmed that renin in OP, renin response to PST, and hypokalemia were the most relevant parameters for distinguishing PA from low-renin HTN.</p> Conclusion <p>Renin response during PST can be used to differentiate PA from low-renin HTN.</p>

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Postural test to differentiate primary aldosteronism from low-renin hypertension: a retrospective single-center study

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    2025年11月18日

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  • Irene Tizianel,
  • Elena Pagin,
  • Eugenio Ragazzi,
  • Alberto Madinelli,
  • Simona Censi,
  • Chiara Sabbadin,
  • Franco Mantero,
  • Caterina Mian,
  • Mattia Barbot,
  • Giorgia Antonelli,
  • Filippo Ceccato

摘要

Background

The diagnostic accuracy of screening and confirmatory tests to differentiate primary aldosteronism (PA) among patients with low-renin hypertension (HTN) is suboptimal. We aimed to assess the role of the postural stimulation test (PST) in differentiating PA from low-renin HTN.

Patients and methods

Clinical and endocrine data in clinostatic position (CP) and orthostatic position (OP) during PST were evaluated in 190 hypertensive patients: 80 with PA and 110 with low-renin HTN. Multivariate techniques were computed: Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Partial Least Square-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) and k-means clustering.

Results

PST response differentiated our cohort: 96% of PA were detected in the 56/190 patients with always suppressed renin levels during PST, 80% of patients with low-renin HTN were identified among 56/190 subjects with de-suppression of renin from CP to OP and 78/190 with always measurable renin. Normal potassium and measurable renin in OP were predictors of low-renin HTN. Cluster analysis distinguished PA from low-renin HTN: Cluster 2 included 104/110 low-renin HTN; Cluster 1 PA patients showed a higher frequency of suppressed renin levels at baseline and during PST (100% in CP and 95% in OP, respectively). Cluster 1 low- renin HTN patients had lower potassium and a higher frequency of suppressed renin levels at diagnosis and during PST, compared to Cluster 2. PLS-DA and PCA confirmed that renin in OP, renin response to PST, and hypokalemia were the most relevant parameters for distinguishing PA from low-renin HTN.

Conclusion

Renin response during PST can be used to differentiate PA from low-renin HTN.