The presence of diabetes mellitus further impairs structural and functional capillary density in patients with chronic kidney disease

ConclusionsCapillary density during postocclusive hyperemia and after venous congestion is lower in diabetic compared to non ‐diabetic CKD patients, a finding indicative that diabetes is an additional factor contributing to microcirculatory structural and functional impairment in CKD. These differences are more prominent in CKD stage 3b.

Source: Microcirculation - March 1, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Maria Schoina, Charalampos Loutradis, Marieta Theodorakopoulou, Theodoros Dimitroulas, Eva Triantafillidou, Michael Doumas, Asterios Karagiannis, Alexandros Garyfallos, Aikaterini Papagianni, Pantelis Sarafidis Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research