Combination of an ACE Inhibitor and Indapamide Improves Blood Pressure Control, but Attenuates the Beneficial Effects of ACE Inhibition on Plasma Adiponectin in Patients With Essential Hypertension. Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society [Circ J] Journal article | | Title | Combination of an ACE Inhibitor and Indapamide Improves Blood Pressure Control, but Attenuates the Beneficial Effects of ACE Inhibition on Plasma Adiponectin in Patients With Essential Hypertension. | | Author(s) | Huang SS, Wu TC, Lin SJ, Chen JW | | Institution | Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital. | | Source | Circ J 2009 Sep 29. | | Abstract | Background: Antihypertensive agents differentially influence the plasma adiponectin concentration and the effects of fixed-dose combination regimens remain unclear. The influence of a combination of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) and a thiazide-type diuretic or an ACEI alone on plasma adiponectin concentrations in patients with essential hypertension was evaluated in the present study.
Methods and Results: After a 2-week placebo run-in phase, 30 patients with essential hypertension were randomized to receive preterax (2 mg perindopril/0.625 mg indapamide) or cilazapril (2.5 mg) once daily for 12 weeks. Plasma adiponectin and insulin concentrations were measured before and after treatment. Insulin resistance was measured by homeostasis assessment index (HOMA-IR). Treatment with preterax (P=0.003) and cilazapril (P=0.031) significantly reduced systolic blood pressure (BP), but only preterax reduced diastolic BP (P=0.024). Cilazapril treatment significantly increased the plasma adiponectin concentration (P=0.025) and reduced plasma triglycerides (P=0.041), whereas preterax treatment increased the plasma insulin concentration (P=0.041) and tended to increase HOMA-IR.
Conclusions: The combination of an ACEI and indapamide improved BP control, but attenuated the beneficial effects of ACE inhibition on plasma adiponectin in patients with essential hypertension. Such a combination may be best reserved for improved BP control rather than for metabolic protection in clinical hypertension. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19789415 |
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