MO705: Factors Associated with Uncontrolled Ambulatory Hypertension in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Authors: Vareta Georgia , Georgianos Panagiotis , Vaios Vasilios , Roumeliotis Stefanos , Sgouropoulou Vasiliki , Mavromatidis Konstantinos , Ntounousi Evangelia , Eleftheriadis Theodoros , Papagianni Aikaterini , Balaskas Elias , Zebekakis Pantelis , Liakopoulos Vassilios 
Published: May 2022

BACKGROUND AND AIMS

Hypertension among patients on long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) is common and remains often inadequately control (Cocchi et al. Prevalence of hypertension in patients on peritoneal dialysis: results of an Italian multicentre study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1999; 14(6): 1536–40; Vaios et al.. Assessment and management of hypertension among patients on peritoneal dialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019; 14(2): 297–305). The aim of the present study was to describe the epidemiology of hypertension using the ‘gold-standard’ method of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and to identify determinants of inadequate ambulatory blood pressure (BP) control in this high-risk population.

METHOD

In 140 stable patients receiving PD in four centers of Northern Greece, we performed 24-h ABPM using the oscillometric Mobil-O-Graph device (IEM, Stolberg Germany) (Franssen and Imholz. Evaluation of the Mobil-O-Graph new generation ABPM device using the ESH criteria. Blood Press Monit. 2010; 15(4): 229–31). Hypertension was defined as 24-h ambulatory BP ≥ 130/80 mmHg or current use of at least 1 BP-lowering medication (Williams et al. 2018 ESC/ESH guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: the Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension. J Hypertens. 2018; 36(10): 1953–2041). The volume status of study participants was assessed with the method of bioimpedance spectroscopy (Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg, Germany). Univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors that were independently associated with uncontrolled ambulatory hypertension.

RESULTS

Ambulatory hypertension was diagnosed in 95% of the patients enrolled in the study. Despite the fact that 96.9% of hypertensives were being treated with an average of 2.4 BP-lowering medications daily, adequate control of 24-h ambulatory BP was achieved in only 38.3% of them. In univariate regression analysis, there was a significant interaction of uncontrolled ambulatory hypertension with the mode of PD, history of cardiovascular disease and smoking status. In multivariate analysis, among variables inserted in the model, the higher overhydration index in bioimpedance spectroscopy [odds ratio (OR): 1.308; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.023–1.673/L higher overhydration] and the history of cardiovascular disease (OR: 3.069; 95% CI: 1.157–8.140) were the two factors that were associated with higher odds of uncontrolled ambulatory hypertension. In contrast, the presence of residual diuresis ≥ 0.5 L/24 h (OR: 0.304; 95% CI: 0.105–0.881) was the only parameter associated with lower odds of inadequate ambulatory BP control.

CONCLUSION

Among patients on PD, ambulatory hypertension is highly prevalent and remains often poorly controlled, despite the extensive use of antihypertensive drug therapy. Achievement of adequate volume control and long-term preservation of residual kidney function appear to be two attractive non-pharmacological strategies for optimization of the management of hypertension in this high-risk population.