Peripheral artery disease at the time of dialysis initiation and mortality: a prospective observational multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) are reported to have a poorer prognosis than those without PAD. PAD is sometimes found at dialysis initiation, but its influence on the prognosis in these patients has not been investigated. We aimed to compare the mortality rate between patients with PAD at the time of dialysis initiation and those without PAD.

Design

We undertook an observational prospective multicenter study of patients starting dialysis treatment. Data were collected on patients' sex, age, presence of PAD, medication, medical history and clinical and laboratory data.

Setting

Seventeen centers participated in the Aichi Cohort Study of Prognosis in Patients Newly Initiated into Dialysis.

Participants

A total of 1524 patients with chroni

SUBMITTER: Morooka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780557 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature