학술논문
Associations of Glycemic Control With Cardiovascular Outcomes Among US Hemodialysis Patients With Diabetes Mellitus
Document Type
article
Source
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 6, Iss 6 (2017)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2047-9980
Abstract
BackgroundThere is a lack of data on the relationship between glycemic control and cardiovascular end points in hemodialysis patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods and ResultsWe included adult Medicare‐insured patients with diabetes mellitus who initiated in‐center hemodialysis treatment from 2006 to 2008 and survived for >90 days. Quarterly mean time‐averaged glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) values were categorized into