SURVEY OF CARDIO-ANKLE VASCULAR INDEX AND RELATIONSHIP WITH CLINICAL , SUBCLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN PATIENTS TREATING WITH MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS
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Objective: To investigate Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index (CAVI) and its relationship with some clinical and subclinical characteristics of patients with regular hemodialysis. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 111 maintenance hemodialysis patients and 88 normal people of the same age and sex. All subjects were measured CAVI index. Results: The average CAVI index in hemodialysis patients was 9.96 ± 2.14, higher than that of normal people (8.14 ± 0.59), p<0.001. Ratio of increased CAVI compared with the control group was 66.7%. The patients with age ≥ 60 years old; hemodialysis time ≥ 5 years; loss of residual renal function; diabetes mellitus; hypertension had mean CAVI and/or ratio of increase CAVI was higher than those of the patients without the above characteristics, p<0.05. The CAVI has a positive correlation with the duration of hemodialysis, r = 0.247, p < 0.01. Conclusion: Increased CAVI is common in hemodialysis patients and it related to old age, prolonged duration of hemodialysis, loss of residual renal function, diabetic mellitus and hypertension.
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End-stage chronic kidney disease, Maintenance hemodialysis, Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index, diabetic mellitus
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