The relationship between cognitive function and having diabetes in patients treated with hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) have a higher prevalence of cognitive impairment and inferior cognitive performance than the general population, and those with cognitive impairment are at higher risk of death than those without cognitive impairment. Having diabetes has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline in end-stage kidney disease patients treated with peritoneal dialysis or kidney transplant. However, these findings may not extend to the hemodialysis population. Thus, we aim to investigate the relationship between having diabetes and cognitive function in MHD patients.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 203 patients treated with MHD from two blood purification centers were enrolled as subjects. The Chines

SUBMITTER: Cui L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031115 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature