The cardiothoracic ratio and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: results of the MBD-5D study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) is a non-invasive left ventricular hypertrophy index. However, whether CTR associates with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in hemodialysis (HD) populations is unclear.

Methods

Using a Mineral and Bone disorder Outcomes Study for Japanese CKD Stage 5D Patients (MBD-5D Study) subcohort, 2266 prevalent HD patients (age 62.8 years, female 38.0%, HD duration 9.4 years) with secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) whose baseline CTR had been recorded were selected. We evaluated associations between CTR and all-cause death, CVD death, or composite events in HD patients.

Results

CTR was associated significantly with various background and laboratory characteristics. All-cause death, CVD-related death, and composite events incr

SUBMITTER: Ogata H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5648748 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature