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ArticleKidney international reports2017

Determinant Effects of Average Fasting Plasma Glucose on Mortality in Diabetic End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis.

Yi-Chun Lin, Yen-Chung Lin, Hsi-Hsien Chen, Tzen-Wen Chen, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Mai-Szu Wu

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Article in Kidney international reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Yi-Chun LinDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yen-Chung LinGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsi-Hsien ChenDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tzen-Wen ChenDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chih-Cheng HsuInstitute of Population Health Science, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
Mai-Szu WuDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWNational Health Research Institutes · TWTaipei Medical University Hospital · TW

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Abstract

introductionDiabetic kidney disease is an increasingly frequent cause of end-stage renal disease. However, mixed results were shown between glycated hemoglobin and mortality.

methodsWe used the average fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels to predict mortality rates in long-term hemodialysis patients. We enrolled 46,332 hemodialysis patients with diabetes mellitus, who were registered in the Taiwan Renal Registry Data System between January 2005 and December 2012. The patients were stratified based on the quartiles of average FPG levels measured for the first (1-year FPG) and third years (3-year FPG) of hemodialysis. Survival analysis was conducted via multivariable Cox regression.

resultsAfter the first year of hemodialysis, the mean FPG levels were 103.5 ± 14.5, 144.7 ± 11.5, 189.6 ± 15.2, and 280.8 ± 1.2 mg/dl for the first, second, third, and fourth quartile, respectively. The Kaplan-Meier curve showed an incremental reduction in the survival as FPG levels increased ( DISCUSSION: Our results suggest that the average FPG levels are useful predictors of all-cause mortality in dialysis patients. In addition, an increasing trend in average FPG levels indicates poor survival.

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end-stage renal diseasefasting blood glucosehemodialysismortalityrenal replacement therapy

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