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ReviewJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2018

Antihypertensive treatment and renal protection: Is there a J-curve relationship?

Francesca Viazzi, Giovanna Leoncini, Guido Grassi, Roberto Pontremoli

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Review in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Challenges and Perspectives in Optimising the Treatment of Arterial Hypertension: Role of the Ramipril-Amlodipine-Hydrochlorothiazide Single-Pill Combination.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2026
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  3. Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease.Electrolyte & blood pressure : E & BP · 2022
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  9. Antihypertensive treatment and renal protection: Is there a J-curve relationship?Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Francesca ViazziOspedale Policlinico San Martino, Università degli Studi and I.R.C.C.S, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4219-7043
Giovanna LeonciniOspedale Policlinico San Martino, Università degli Studi and I.R.C.C.S, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7539-9464
Guido GrassiClinica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1922-6547
Roberto PontremoliOspedale Policlinico San Martino, Università degli Studi and I.R.C.C.S, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1238-872X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A bidirectional relationship between hypertension and kidney disease, with one exacerbating the effect of the other, is well established. Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a well-recognized, modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease as well as for development and progression of chronic kidney disease and, therefore, the identification of optimal BP target is a key issue in the management of renal patients. Recent large trials and real life cohort studies have indicated that below a definite BP value renal protection seems to plateau and too low levels may even be associated with a paradoxical increase in renal morbidity, thus reviving the debate about the so called BP -renal function J-curve relationship. Existing evidence supports a systolic target around 130 mm Hg to combine both renal and CV protection and possibly lower levels in the presence of overt proteinuria.

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AdultAgedAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureCardiovascular DiseasesDisease ProgressionFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHumansHypertensionKidneyMaleMiddle AgedProteinuriaAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAntihypertensive Agentsalbuminuriachronic kidney diseaseglomerular filtration ratehypertensionJ-curve relationshipRAAS-inhibitiontarget blood pressure

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PMID30267461
PMCPMC8030923

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