Etiology of End-Stage Renal Disease and Arterial Stiffness among Hemodialysis Patients

Table 2

Association between cfPWV and the composite of either diabetic nephropathy or vascular renal disease.

Variable	cfPWV (m/s); ,
	Coefficient	95% CI	value
Composite of either diabetic nephropathy or vascular renal disease	2.4	0.4, 4.4	0.022
Pulse pressure	0.1	0.03, 0.1	0.001
History of CV events	1.7	0.2, 3.2	0.025
History of hypertension	0.3	−0.9, 1.6	0.59
History of diabetes mellitus	−0.3	−3.1, 2.6	0.84

Multivariate model adjusted for age, length of time on dialysis, weekly dialysis hours, history of hypercholesterolemia, and serum iPTH concentration.
CI: confidence interval; CV: cardiovascular; cfPWV: carotid femoral pulse wave velocity.