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(Circulation. 2003;108:e9072.)
© 2003 American Heart Association, Inc.

Cardiovascular News

Ruth SoRelle, MPH

Circulation Newswriter

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This Week in Circulation

Another Way Men and Women Differ
The association between the albumin-creatinine level and all-cause mortality is stronger in hypertensive men than in women with the same health problem, said Norwegian researchers in a report in this week’s issue of the journal Circulation ( Circulation. 2003;108:2783–2789[Abstract/Free Full Text]).

Solfrid Romundstat, MD, of the HUNT Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Verdal, and his colleagues monitored 2307 men and 3062 men for 4.3 years. The main outcome was the relative risk of all-cause mortality according to increasing albuminuria defined by different levels of the ratio of albumin to creatinine.

"We found a positive association between mortality and increasing number of urine samples with ACR [albumin-creatinine ratio] above different cutoff levels, especially in men," they wrote. "The sex differences persisted after exclusion of those who died during the first year of follow-up, those with hypertension not treated optimally, and those with known cardiovascular disease."

The finding has significant clinical implications, they wrote. Because the association was stronger in men than women, the results "indicate that hypertensive women tolerate MA [microalbuminuria] better than men and that MA in women should be interpreted differently than in men," they noted.

Award Winners at the 2003 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association
Chairman’s Award
Rao Musunuru, MD, Director of Cardiology at the Heart Institute of the Regional Medical Center at Bayonet Point, Fla, received the Chairman’s Award at opening ceremonies of the 2003 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Orlando, Fla. He was honored for exceptional volunteer efforts in a nonscientific field. Dr Musunuru is active . . . [Full Text of this Article]