Associations of Glycemic Control With Cardiovascular Outcomes Among US Hemodialysis Patients With Diabetes Mellitus

Authors :: Jinnie J. Rhee
Yuanchao Zheng
Maria E. Montez‐Rath
Tara I. Chang
Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer
Source :: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 6, Iss 6 (2017)
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Wiley, 2017.
Abstract: BackgroundThere is a lack of data on the relationship between glycemic control and cardiovascular end points in hemodialysis patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods and ResultsWe included adult Medicare‐insured patients with diabetes mellitus who initiated in‐center hemodialysis treatment from 2006 to 2008 and survived for >90 days. Quarterly mean time‐averaged glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) values were categorized into

Subjects :: cardiovascular outcomes
diabetes mellitus
glycemic control
hemodialysis
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701

Language :: English
ISSN :: 20479980
Volume :: 6
Issue :: 6
Database :: Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: edsdoj.0f4b0e3421414dd99773c5b683a814e3
Document Type :: article
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.005581

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