Effects of Single Pill-Based Combination Therapy of Amlodipine and Atorvastatin on Within-Visit Blood Pressure Variability and Parameters of Renal and Vascular Function in Hypertensive Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 3

Effects of single-pill amlodipine/atorvastatin-based therapy on glucose-lipid metabolism and inflammatory and oxidative stress markers.

	Baseline	Week 16
Glucose-lipid metabolism
Fasting plasma glucose; (mg/dL)	130±51	127±56
Glycated hemoglobin (%)	6.1±0.8	6.2±0.9
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	230±33	180±37^∗∗
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	143±27	97±30^∗∗
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	63±21	61±19
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	195±140	180±134
Inflammatory and oxidative stress markers
hs-CRP (mg/dL)	0.18±0.24	0.09±0.10
Serum pentosidine (𝜇g/mL)	0.036±0.013	0.046±0.018^∗∗

Values are means ± SD. CRP: C-reactive protein. ^∗∗𝑃<0.01.