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Mekki P, Monaghan TF, Lee L, Agudelo CW, Gong F, George CD, Michelson KP, Wu ZD, Weiss JP, Everaert K, Dmochowski RR, Bliwise DL, Wein AJ, Lazar JM. Nocturia and electrocardiographic abnormalities among patients at an inner-city cardiology clinic. Neurourol Urodyn 2020; 40:509-514. [PMID: 33348456 DOI: 10.1002/nau.24590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
AIMS Nocturia has been increasingly recognized as a potential manifestation of cardiovascular disease. However, the relationship between nocturia and electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities has not been studied. This study aims to characterize the diagnostic utility of nocturia in identifying left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), left atrial enlargement (LAE), and prolonged QTc on ECG. METHODS Retrospective analysis of nocturnal voiding frequency and contemporaneous ECG data from consecutive patients evaluated at a university-based outpatient cardiology clinic. Three sets of three incremental binary multiple logistic regression models controlling for (1) age, (2) sex and race, and (3) body mass index, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and diuretic utilization were performed to determine whether nocturia was predictive of LVH, LAE, and prolonged QTc. RESULTS Included patients (n = 143, 77.6% nocturia) were predominantly African-American (89.5%), female (74.1%), and obese (61.5%), of whom 44.1%, 41.3%, and 27.3% had LVH, LAE, and prolonged QTc, respectively. Older age, African-American race, obesity, hypertension, diuretic use, LVH, and LAE were significantly associated with nocturia on univariate analysis. No significant differences were observed in the strength of associations between nocturia and LVH, LAE, or QTc prolongation based on age. Nocturia independently predicted LVH in Models I-III (odds ratios [ORs], 2.99-3.20; relative risks [RRs], 1.18 for all, p ≤ .046) and LAE in Models I-III (ORs, 4.24-4.72; RRs, 1.21 for all, p ≤ .015). No significant associations were observed between nocturia and prolonged QTc. CONCLUSIONS Nocturia may be a risk marker for underlying structural cardiac abnormalities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pakinam Mekki
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Urological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Urology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Schmid Y, Navarini A, Thomas ZRM, Pfleiderer B, Krähenbühl S, Mueller SM. Sex differences in the pharmacology of itch therapies-a narrative review. Curr Opin Pharmacol 2019; 46:122-142. [PMID: 31299512 DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chronic itch is the most common skin-related condition, associated with a high psychosocial and economic burden. In recent years, increasing evidence of sex differences in the perception, clinical presentation and treatment requirements of itch points towards potential benefits when using sex-adapted therapies. It is well-known that body composition, absorption, metabolism, elimination and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) differ between sexes, but only little is known about the impact of sex in the pharmacology of itch treatments, which could help to rationalise sex-adapted treatment strategies. AIM To evaluate and review sex effects in the pharmacokinetics and /-dynamics of drugs used to treat itch. METHODS In this narrative review we performed a PubMed and MEDLINE (Ovid) search using the terms (itch OR pruritus) AND (gender OR sex) AND (drug OR medication OR pharmacokinetics OR pharmacodynamics). Additional searches were performed for the topical and systemic drugs recommended by the European Guideline on Chronic Pruritus. RESULTS We found numerous reports with variable levels of evidence of sex effects with respect to the pharmacokinetics and/or pharmacodynamics of 14 drug classes used for the treatment of itch, including a total of 19 systemic and 3 topical drugs. Women seem to present higher plasma levels of several drugs used in itch treatment, including tri- and tetracyclic antidepressants (e.g. doxepin, amitriptyline, mirtazapine), serotonin reuptake inhibitors (e.g. paroxetine, sertraline, fluoxetine), immunosuppressive drugs (e.g. cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil), serotonin receptor antagonists (e.g. ondansetron) and betablockers (e.g. propranolol). Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) were generally more common in women. Being female was reported to be an independent risk factor for QTc-prolongation associated with antihistamines and tetracyclic antidepressants. Additionally, women seem to be more prone to sedative effects of antihistamines, and to suffer from a higher frequency as well as severity of side effects with systemic calcineurin inhibitors, opioid agonists, and opioid antagonists. Women were also sensitised more often to topically applied drugs. Of note, apart from only one experimental study with capsaicin, none of these reports were designed specifically to assess the effect of sex (and gender) in the treatment of itch. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION Our review supports previous reports that sex is of importance in the pharmacokinetics and /-dynamics of several drugs used to treat itch although those drugs were mostly evaluated for non-itch indications. However, the results are limited by methodological limitations evident in most studies such as underrepresentation of women in clinical trials. This emphasises the need to study the impact of sex (and gender) in future itch trials to yield better outcomes and prevent ADRs in both sexes.
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- Yasmin Schmid
- Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital Münster and Medical Faculty, University of Münster, Germany; Competence Center Chronic Pruritus (KCP), University of Muenster, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
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