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SUBMITTER: Coutinho MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6286770 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Coutinho Mariana Nogueira MN Carvalho Aluizio Barbosa AB Dalboni Maria Aparecida MA Mouro Margaret Gori MG Higa Elisa Mieko Suemitsu EMS Costa-Hong Valéria V Bortolotto Luiz Aparecido LA Figueiredo Rejane Augusta de Oliveira RAO Canziani Maria Eugênia Fernandes MEF
Journal of diabetes research 20181125
<h4>Background</h4>Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have increased risk of endothelial dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, and mortality. Several studies have separately analyzed endothelial function in these populations. However, data of patients with both CKD and DM are scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the presence of DM has any additional effect on the endothelial dysfunction of CKD patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We measured endothel ...[more]