Kirsten S Dorans, Hua He, Jing Chen, Mirela Dobre, Alan S Go, L Lee Hamm, Bernard G Jaar, Rupal C Mehta, Mahboob Rahman, Ana C Ricardo, Sylvia E Rosas, Anand Srivastava, Jiang He
BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The ankle-brachial index (ABI), a noninvasive measure of PAD, is a predictor of adverse events among individuals with CKD. In general populations, changes in ABI have been associated with mortality, but this association is not well understood among patients with CKD. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study of 2920 participants in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study without lower extremity revascularization or amputation at baseline and with at least one follow-up ABI measurement (taken at annual visits) during the first 4 years of follow-up...
December 2, 2020: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation