Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39954166›Full record

ArticleEndocrine2025

Comparison of the clinical significance of lymphocyte-based inflammatory indices between the two major subtypes of primary aldosteronism.

Daisuke Watanabe, Satoshi Morimoto, Noriko Morishima, Atsuhiro Ichihara

Abstract readComparative Study
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Endocrine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Daisuke WatanabeDivision of Hormonal Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi MorimotoDivision of Hormonal Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. morimoto.satoshi@twmu.ac.jp.
Noriko MorishimaDivision of Hormonal Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Atsuhiro IchiharaDivision of Hormonal Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePrimary aldosteronism (PA) can be classified into aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) and idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA) and is related to chronic inflammatory diseases. We compared lymphocyte-based inflammatory indices among patients with APA, IHA and essential hypertension (EH), and investigated the relationships between these indices and background factors in patients with PA.

methodsA total of 186 patients (39 with APA, 48 with IHA, and 99 with blood-pressure-matched EH) were retrospectively included. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) were calculated as lymphocyte-based inflammatory indices.

resultsLymphocyte count was lower in the APA group than in the IHA and EH groups. NLR and PLR were significantly higher in the APA group than in the IHA and EH groups. In the APA group, NLR correlated positively with plasma aldosterone concentration after the saline infusion test, while in the IHA group, NLR correlated positively with body mass index and negatively with flow-mediated dilation. Lymphocyte-based inflammatory indices did not differ significantly between KCNJ5-mutant and wild-type groups. NLR, MLR, and PLR remained unchanged from baseline to 1 week after adrenalectomy (ADX), but a cut-off baseline MLR of 0.18 was predictive of complete clinical success after ADX (sensitivity, 0.8095; specificity, 0.7222; area under the curve, 0.719).

conclusionLymphocyte-based inflammatory indices showed distinct patterns in patients with APA and IHA. This study provides a better understanding of the implications of complete blood cell counts in patients with PA.

Indexed as

HyperaldosteronismInflammationLymphocytesAdrenal Cortex NeoplasmsAdultAgedAldosteroneClinical RelevanceFemaleHumansHypertensionLymphocyte CountMaleMiddle AgedNeutrophilsRetrospective StudiesAldosteroneAdrenalectomyAldosteroneAldosterone-producing adenomaFlow-mediated dilationKCNJ5Lymphocyte-based inflammatory indices

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.