Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2021
Publication Title
Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Abstract
The role of calcium in blood pressure has been widely studied among hypertensive patients; however, no study has explored the role of calcium in hypertensive crises. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the differences in serum calcium levels between hypertensive crises patients and a 1:1 random matched controls (age-, sex-, race-, diabetes, and body mass index matched). This study is a single-center, retrospective, chart review, case-control study of patients with hypertensive crises (case group) and patients without hypertensive crises (control group). Patients were included in the case group if they were 18 years of age or older with hypertensive crises and have a documented calcium level. The control group patients were required to be 18 years of age or older, have a documented calcium level, and have no diagnosis of hypertensive crises. The primary outcome of the study was to compare the mean serum calcium in patients with hypertensive crises vs patients without hypertensive crises. Five hundred and sixty-six patients were included in the study: 283 patients in both the case group and control group. The primary outcome results showed that serum calcium concentration was not significantly different between the case group (8.99 ± 0.78 mg/dL) and control group (8.96 ± 0.75 mg/dL) (P =.606). This study found no significant difference in serum calcium levels in patients with hypertensive crises compared to a random matched control group. Larger observational or experimental studies may be useful to evaluate the effect of calcium on blood pressure in hypertensive crises.
First Page
1767
Last Page
1775
PubMed ID
34291559
Volume
23
Issue
9
Publisher
Wiley; Wiley Periodicals
Recommended Citation
Onor, Ifeanyi Chukwu O.; Duchane, Rose M.; Payne, Casey J.; Lambert, Hannah Naquin; Mitchner, De Maurian M.; Beyl, Robbie A.; Nguyen, Anh T.; Bilbe, Sarah E.; White, Andrea Arriaga; Johnson, Mariah W.; Faciane, Amber I.; Kouagou, Emmanuel; Hymel, Stephanie A.; Wates, Bria M.; Sanders, Asia D.; Vo, Phillip C.B.; Bates, Jordan D.; Spooner, Raven J.; Gillard, Christopher J.; Okogbaa, John I.; Sarpong, Daniel F.; Hadgu, Rim M.; Okpechi, Samuel C.; Onor, Gabriel I.; Okoronkwo, Michael C.; Naljayan, Mihran V.; Guillory, Shane G.; and Sanne, Shane E., "Evaluation of Serum Calcium Differences in Hypertensive Crises and Control Patients: A Randomly Matched Case-Control Study" (2021). School of Medicine Faculty Publications. 100.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/som_facpubs/100
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