Twenty-Four Hour Blood Pressure Response to Empagliflozin and Its Determinants in Normotensive Non-diabetic Subjects
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Sodium-glucose co-transport 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) lower blood pressure (BP) in normotensive subjects and in hypertensive and normotensive diabetic and non-diabetic patients. However, the mechanisms of these BP changes are not fully understood. Therefore, we examined the clinical and biochemical determinants of the BP response to empagliflozin based on 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring.
METHODS: In this post-hoc analysis of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study examining the renal effects of empagliflozin 10 mg vs. placebo in untreated normotensive non-diabetic subjects, the 1-month changes in 24 h ambulatory BP were analyzed in 39 subjects (13 placebo/26 empagliflozin) in regard to changes in biochemical and hormonal parameters.
RESULTS: At 1 month, empagliflozin 10 mg decreased 24-h systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) BP significantly by -5 ± 7 mmHg (p < 0.001) and -2 ± 6 mmHg (p = 0.03). The effect on SBP and DBP was more pronounced during nighttime (resp. -6 ± 11 mmHg, p = 0.004; -4 ± 7 mmHg, p = 0.007). The main determinants of daytime and nighttime SBP and DBP responses were baseline BP levels (for daytime SBP: coefficient -0.5; adj. R2: 0.36; p = 0.0007; for night-time SBP: coefficient -0.6; adj. R2: 0.33; p = 0.001). Although empaglifozin induced significant biochemical changes, none correlated with blood pressure changes including urinary sodium, lithium, glucose and urate excretion and free water clearance. Plasma renin activity and plasma…
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