African Ancestry vs Creatine Kinase to Predict Hypertension Control: Time for a Change?

CONCLUSION: In contrast to African ancestry, CK might identify hypertensive patients at risk for therapy failure across different ancestry groups. Larger, prospective studies should establish whether resting plasma CK is clinically useful as an impartial method to help predict antihypertensive therapy failure.PMID:34272843 | DOI:10.1093/ajh/hpab114
Source: American Journal of Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research