Association of the Cardioankle Vascular Index and Ankle-Brachial Index with Carotid Artery Intima Media Thickness in Hemodialysis Patients

Table 2

Comparison of arteriosclerosis markers between hemodialysis patients with or without type 2 diabetes according to ABI levels.

	All patients			Patients (ABI ≥ 0.95)
Variables	Patients with type 2 diabetes	Patients without type 2 diabetes	𝑃	Patients with type 2 diabetes	Patients without type 2 diabetes	𝑃
	(𝑛=132)	(𝑛=132)		(𝑛=84)	(𝑛=104)
CA-IMT	0.98 (0.84, 1.18)	0.73 (0.53, 0.92)	<0.001	0.93 (0.80, 1.09)	0.64 (0.50, 0.85)	<0.001
CAVI	9.5 (8.6, 10.3)	8.8 (7.7, 9.6)	<0.001	9.7 (8.6, 10.5)	8.8 (7.8, 9.6)	<0.001
ABI	0.99 (0.89, 1.12)	1.05 (0.97, 1.14)	0.002	1.10 (1.00, 1.14)	1.10 (1.02, 1.17)	0.27

Data are expressed as median (25th percentiles, 75th percentiles).
Abbreviations used in this table are the same as in Table 1.