Table 2 Patient diagnostic characteristics by cured and not cured

From: Body mass index and contralateral ratio predict outcome following unilateral adrenalectomy in primary aldosteronism

 

All (n=96)

Cured (n=46)

Not cured (n=50)

P-value (cured vs. not cured)

ARR after captopril challenge test

1977±2162

2127±1567

1831±2630

0.5565

PRA after furosemide upright test, ng ml−1 h−1

0.7±1.8

0.4±0.3

0.9±2.5

0.2063

PAC after saline loading test, pg ml−1

331±263

376±258

283±265

0.1853

AVS before ACTH stimulation

 PACdominat, pg ml−1

13 385±16 907

13 784±18 225

13 031±15 844

0.839

 LR

21.7±26.5

24.7±28.5

18.9±24.5

0.3216

 CR

1.0±1.4

0.8±1.0

1.2±1.7

0.2216

AVS after ACTH stimulation

 PACdominant, pg ml−1

69 503±68 686

77 697±79 009

61 689±57 009

0.2884

 LR

13.2 ±12.9

13.5±12.1

12.9±13.8

0.8576

 CR

0.5±0.5

0.4±0.2

0.7±0.6

0.0033

 CS, n (%)

72 (87)

40 (97.6)

32 (76.2)

0.0041

  1. Abbreviations: ACTH, adrenocorticotropic hormone; ARR, aldosterone/renin ratio; AVS, adrenal venous sampling; CR, contralateral ratio; CS, contralateral suppression; LR, lateralized ratio; PAC, plasma aldosterone concentration; PRA, plasma renin activity.
  2. Data are mean±s.d. for continuous variables. Bold values are those found to be significant; P-value <0.05.
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