Ankle-Brachial Index Predicts Long-Term Renal Outcomes in Acute Stroke Patients.

ABSTRACT: Renal dysfunction is common after stroke. We aimed to investigate the clinical predictability of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) on poststroke renal deterioration. A total of 956 consecutive participants with acute ischemic stroke between 1 July 2016, and 31 December 2017 were enrolled and a final of 637 patients were recruited for final analysis. By using the group-based trajectory model (GBTM), the patients' renal function trajectories were grouped into the low, intermediate, and high categories (LC, IC, and HC). Significant deterioration in the slope was noted in the IC (p < 0.001) and LC (p = 0.002) groups but was nonsignificant in the HC (p = 0.998) group. Abnormal ABI (ABI ≤ 0.9) was independently related to LC (ad

SUBMITTER: Lee TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9140709 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature