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Assessment of Vascular Function in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Published on: June 16, 2014
Correlation between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level and Peripheral Arterial Stiffness in Chronic Kidney Disease Stage
Chung-Jen Lee1, Yi-Jen Hsieh2, Yu-Li Lin2,3
1Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien 97010, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Vitamin D deficiency and high brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) are each independently associated with higher incidence of mortality and cardiovascular (CV) disease or CV events, respectively. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and baPWV in non-dialysis patients with stage 3−5 chronic kidney disease (CKD). We enrolled 180 CKD patients. A commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. BaPWV values were measured using an automatic pulse wave analyzer. Either left or right baPWV > 18.0 m/s was considered indicative of peripheral arterial stiffness (PAS). In this study, 73 (40.6%) patients were found to have PAS. Compared to those without PAS (control group), patients with PAS were older and had higher incidence of diabetes mellitus, higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure, higher levels of intact parathyroid hormone, and C-reactive protein, and lower levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Multivariate logistic regression analysis found 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (odds ratio [OR]: 0.895, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.828−0.968, p = 0.005) and old age (OR: 1.140, 95% CI 1.088−1.194, p < 0.001) to be independently associated with PAS in patients with stage 3−5 CKD. Lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and older age were associated with PAS in these patients.
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