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ABSTRACT: Background
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with thyroid disease and cardiovascular disease (CVD). To date, little is known about the association of thyroid autoantibodies with renal function or cardiac function in patients with CKD.Methods
This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Patients diagnosed with stages 3-5 CKD from January 2015 to May 2019 at our department were recruited. Routine medical history, general clinical data, and laboratory test indexes were collected for all patients. Echocardiography was performed by a trained echocardiographer to measure E in early diastole and A, E/A ratio, E' in early diastole, A' in end-diastole, E/E' ratio, and E'/A' ratio.Results
A total of 1,164 patients with stages 3-5 CKD were included. Thyrotropin recept
SUBMITTER: Xu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422116 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature