Irish journal of medical science
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Review Meta Analysis
Elevated prevalence of abnormal glucose metabolism in patients with primary aldosteronism: a meta-analysis.
To conduct a meta-analysis of studies assessing abnormal glucose metabolism (AGM) prevalence among patients with primary aldosteronism (PA), calculating a combined pooled prevalence and summarizing metabolic parameters associated the pooled prevalence for comparative group. ⋯ There is a significant prevalence of elevated level of glucose metabolism in patients with PA. Awareness and treatment of this pre-diabetic or diabetic state are necessary.