Box 2: Studies reporting prevalence of primary aldosteronism, determined prospectively, by patient setting* and country
SettingNo. of patientsCountry in which study was conductedReported prevalence of primary aldosteronism, %
Unselected/primary care hypertension
Loh K et al. (19)350Singapore5
Fogari et al. (17)3000Italy5.9
Omura et al. (20)1020Japan6.0
Referred to specialty hypertension clinic/resistant hypertension
Rossi et al. (6)1125Italy11.2
Lim et al. (22)465UK9.2
Abdelhamid et al. (23)3900Germany6.6
Stowasser et al. (24)300Australia18
Yin et al. (25)313China12.5
Milliez et al. (26)5438France2.3
Matrozova et al. (27)376Bulgaria6.9
Strauch et al. (15)402Czech Republic19
  • * Minimum of 300 participants.

  • Extremely restrictive definition of primary aldosteronism.