Decreased pituitary response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia in young lean male patients with essential hypertension

Essential hypertension is associated with changes in central catecholaminergic pathways which might also be reflected in the pituitary response to stress stimuli. The aim of this study was to determine whether the response of pituitary hormones, cortisol, plasma renin activity, aldosterone and catec...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of human hypertension 2006-07, Vol.20 (7), p.510-516
Hauptverfasser: Radikova, Z, Penesova, A, Cizmarova, E, Huckova, M, Kvetnansky, R, Vigas, M, Koska, J
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Zusammenfassung:Essential hypertension is associated with changes in central catecholaminergic pathways which might also be reflected in the pituitary response to stress stimuli. The aim of this study was to determine whether the response of pituitary hormones, cortisol, plasma renin activity, aldosterone and catecholamines to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia is changed in hypertension. We studied 22 young lean male patients with newly diagnosed untreated essential hypertension and 19 healthy normotensive, age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched controls. All subjects underwent an insulin tolerance test (0.1 IU insulin/kg body weight intravenously) with blood sampling before and 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90 min after insulin administration. Increased baseline levels of norepinephrine ( P
ISSN:0950-9240
1476-5527
DOI:10.1038/sj.jhh.1002026