Diabetes attenuated age ‐related aortic root dilation in end‐stage renal disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis

ConclusionOur findings demonstrated an inverse association between diabetes and age ‐related aortic root dilation in ESRD patients. Diabetes remained to be independently correlated with aortic root dilation even after adjustment for age, gender and other clinical confounders in ESRD patients.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Journal of Diabetes Investigation - April 2, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Min Ye, Jingwei Zhang, Jianbo Li, Yanqiu Liu, Wei He, Hong Lin, Rui Fan, Cuiling Li, Wei Li, Donghong Liu, Fengjuan Yao Tags: Original Article Source Type: research