Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a common form of secondary hypertension. Several guidelines recommend that patients with adrenal incidentaloma have a high probability of suffering from PA. We conducted a prospective study of 269 consecutive adults with adrenal incidentaloma to investigate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of PA. In total, 9 participants were detected with PA, suggesting a prevalence of 3.35% among the study population. PA participants had a higher blood pressure level by 14/20.8 mm Hg and a lower serum potassium level by 0.8 mmol/L (P
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Stavropoulos, K., Imprialos, K. P., Katsiki, N., Petidis, K., Kamparoudis, A., Petras, P., … Karagiannis, A. (2018). Primary aldosteronism in patients with adrenal incidentaloma: Is screening appropriate for everyone? Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 20(5), 942–948. https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13291
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