David Rosenbaum, Antonio Gallo, Gaelle Lethielleux, Eric Bruckert, Bernard I Levy, Marie Laure Tanguy, Jérôme Dulon, Nora Dahmoune, Joe Elie Salem, Randa Bittar, Monique Leban, Xavier Girerd, Philippe Touraine, Anne Bachelot
CONTEXT: Controversial data exist on cardiovascular damages in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). OBJECTIVE: To assess blood pressure and early cardiovascular damages on a large cohort of adult CAH patients and control individuals. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Referral Center for Rare Disease, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-eight women and 26 men with CAH diagnosed in childhood and 85 controls matched-paired for sex, age and smoking status were prospectively included...
July 19, 2018: Journal of Hypertension