Diabetes, Vol 44, Issue 6 665-671, Copyright © 1995 by American Diabetes Association
Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, Ca2+ channel antagonists, and alpha-adrenergic blockers on glucose and lipid metabolism in NIDDM patients with hypertension
M Giordano, M Matsuda, L Sanders, ML Canessa and RA DeFronzo
Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio 78284-7886, USA.
We compared the effects of captopril, nifedipine, and doxazosin on glucose
and lipid metabolism in 30 hypertensive non-insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus (NIDDM) patients (age = 50 +/- 3 years; body mass index = 30 +/- 1
kg/m2). Of these patients, 9 were treated with captopril, 11 with
nifedipine, and 10 with doxazosin for 12 weeks. Blood pressure, fasting
plasma glucose (FPG) concentration, HbA1c, oral glucose tolerance test
(OGTT), euglycemic insulin clamp, and plasma lipids were measured before
and after a 3-month period. Mean arterial blood pressure (114 +/- 2 mmHg)
was similar in all groups before initiating antihypertensive therapy and
declined to 102 +/- 2 (captopril), 103 +/- 1 (nifedipine), and 103 +/- 2
(doxazosin) mmHg (P < 0.001). Baseline FPG (148 +/- 11 mg/dl) and HbA1c
(6.3 +/- 1%) were similar in all groups and did not change significantly
with treatment. Plasma glucose, insulin, and free fatty acid (FFA)
concentrations during the OGTT were similar in all groups before
antihypertensive treatment and did not change with captopril and
nifedipine; after doxazosin, plasma glucose and FFA concentrations during
the OGTT decreased (both P < 0.05) without change in plasma insulin
response. Insulin-mediated glucose uptake (144 +/- 11 mg.m-2.min-1),
glucose oxidation (76 +/- 4 mg.m-2.min-1), and nonoxidative glucose
disposal (71 +/- 6 mg.m-2.min-1) were similar in all groups before the
start of antihypertensive treatment and did not change in captopril and
nifedipine groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)