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Primary aldosteronism (PA) and diabetes mellitus (DM) may coexist. We previously found that DM and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) may decrease the efficiency of the aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR) for screening PA. Thus, we wanted to determine appropriate ARR cut-off values for screening PA in patients with hypertension with DM and IGT. Data from 736 patients with hypertension were collected. They were divided into PA (77 cases), PA with DM (27 cases), PA with IGT (44 cases), hypertension without PA (353 cases), hypertension with DM (without PA, 127 cases), and hypertension with IGT (without PA, 108 cases). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to identify the appropriate ARR cut-off values in different conditions. Screening efficiencies of these cut-off values were evaluated across different groups. ARR cut-off values for screening PA in hypertensive patients without DM and IGT, with DM, and with IGT were 29.65, 23.15, and 26.9, respectively. All cut-off values demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity: 92.2% and 88.7%, 92.6% and 79.5%, and 88.6% and 85.2%, respectively, and areas under the ROC curves were 0.941, 0.904, and 0.909, respectively. Our results suggest that extra ARR cut-off values may be necessary for effective screening PA in hypertensive patients with DM and IGT, particularly in those with DM.
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