The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Vascular Biomarkers in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and an important risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease. We investigated the impact of DM on subclinical CV damage by comprehensive screening protocol in ESRD patients.

Materials and methods

Echocardiography, coronary computed tomography angiogram, 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and central blood pressure with pulse wave velocity (PWV) were performed in 91 ESRD patients from the Cardiovascular and Metabolic disease Etiology Research Center-HIgh risk cohort.

Results

The DM group (n=38) had higher systolic blood pressure than the non-DM group (n=53), however, other clinical CV risk factors were not different between two groups. Central aortic systolic pressure (148

SUBMITTER: Moon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5122655 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature