Development of a diagnostic model for pre-washout screening of primary aldosteronism
Q. Wang,
H. Dong,
H.-W. LI
et al.
Abstract:Purpose
Primary aldosteronism (PA) diagnosis is affected by antihypertensive drugs that are commonly taken by patients with suspected PA. In this study, we developed and validated a diagnostic model for screening PA without drug washout.
Methods
We retrospectively analyzed 1095 patients diagnosed with PA or essential hypertension. Patients were randomly grouped into training and validation sets at a 7:3 ratio. Baseline characteristics, plasma aldosterone c… Show more
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