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First, we performed a post-hoc analysis of the effect of eplerenone on parathyroid hormone levels in primary hyperparathyroidism (EPATH) study, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in 110 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). Patients were 1:1 randomly assigned to receive either 25\u2009mg eplerenone once daily (up-titration after 4 weeks to 50\u2009mg\/day) or placebo for 8 weeks. Second, we measured the ARR in 4 PA patients from the Graz Endocrine Causes of Hypertension Study (GECOH) before and after MR blocker treatment. Ninety-seven participants completed the EPATH trial, and the mean treatment effect (95% confidence interval) for log(e)ARR was 0.08 (\u20130.32 to 0.48) ng\/dl\/\u03bcU\/ml (p=0.694). The treatment effect was 0.71 (0.47 to 0.96; p&lt;0.001) ng\/dl for log(e)PAC and 0.64 (0.19 to 1.10; p=0.006)\u2009\u03bcU\/ml for log(e)DRC, respectively. In the 4 PA patients, the ARR decreased from 11.24\u00b13.58 at baseline to 2.70\u00b11.03 (p=0.013) ng\/dl\/\u03bcU\/ml after MR blocker treatment. In this study with limited sample size, MR blocker treatment did not significantly alter the ARR in pHPT patients but significantly reduced the ARR in PA patients. Diagnostic utility of ARR and its components for PA diagnostics under MR blocker treatment warrants further study.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-0604-3249","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,3]],"date-time":"2018-05-03T18:56:34Z","timestamp":1525373794000},"page":"375-382","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockers and Aldosterone to Renin Ratio: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Observational Data"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Stefan","family":"Pilz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Trummer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, 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