1. Serum aluminum level correlates with arterial stiffness in haemodialysis patients
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Ching-Tung Chang, Chun Chen Yu, Chung-Wei Yang, Wen-Hung Huang, and Cheng-Hao Weng
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Mean arterial pressure ,Brachial Artery ,Blood Pressure ,Renal Dialysis ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,Linear regression ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Pulse wave velocity ,Aged ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Serum aluminum level ,medicine.disease ,Pulse pressure ,Surgery ,C-Reactive Protein ,Arterial stiffness ,Cardiology ,Regression Analysis ,Biomarker (medicine) ,Female ,Vascular Resistance ,business ,Blood Flow Velocity ,Aluminum - Abstract
Summary Background: In addition to pulse wave velocity (PWV), serum aluminum level is predictive of mortality in haemodialysis (HD) patients. This cross-sectional study evaluated the correlations between serum aluminum and brachial-ankle PWV (baPWV). Methods: One hundred twenty-seven HD patients (average age 58.46 ± 9.95 years) were enrolled. Medical data were obtained via chart reviews and hospital database. Associations between biomarker levels and baPWV were analysed by multiple linear regression. Results: Serum aluminum, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), age, pulse pressure (PP), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are important correlates of baPWV. Conclusion: Further, hsCRP, PP, age and DM are positively related to arterial stiffness in HD patients.
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- 2009