Hypertension is a public health concern and affects nearly a third of the French population. It can be complicated by visceral impact (including brain, heart and kidney complications) as well as on vessels especially large arteries, responsible for arterial stiffening. There are close interactions between heart and kidneys, as well as between large arteries and micro-vessels. These relationships also involve the water and salt balance and its regulatory mechanisms. Urinary concentration abilities are closely linked to the renal medullary blood flow, which in itself depends on the integrity of renal micro vessels, thus influencing the water and salt balance. Few previous studies evaluated the interconnections between renal urinary concentration abilities and blood pressure. A previous-one reported a positive relation between pulse pressure and urinary concentration in men, suggesting that subjects with higher urinary osmolarity could present a higher cardiovascular risk. Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity represents the gold standard for non-invasive arterial stiffness assessment and constitutes an arteriosclerosis infra-clinical marker recommended by the European Society of Cardiology- European Society of Hypertension. It is considered as an independent predictor for global and cardiovascular mortality, coronary heart disease and fatal stroke among patients with hypertension, diabetes or end stage kidney disease. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relations between fasting urinary osmolarity and arterial stiffness assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CF-PWV) among patients with hypertension.
See this in plain English?
AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.
CF-PWV
Timeframe: Inclusion