Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes as Predictors for Radial Artery Calcification in End Stage Renal Disease Patients
Table 2
Differences in clinical criteria of the metabolic syndrome between patients with and without vascular calcifications as assessed by alizarin red staining of the radial artery.
Patients with vascular calcifications (grades 1–4, )
Patients without vascular calcifications (grades 0, )
BMI > 25 kg/m2 (overweight or obesity), (%)
18 (53%)
14 (56%)
NS
Fasting glucose > 5.6 mmol/L (IFG or diabetes), (%)
21 (62%)
4 (16%)
0.0004
Hypertension, (%)
28 (82%)
23 (92%)
NS
Low HDLa, (%)
13 (38%)
7 (28%)
NS
High TG (>1.7 mmol/L), (%)
15 (44%)
12 (48%)
NS
Three or more of above criteria present, (%)
20 (59%)
9 (36%)
NS
Low HDL cholesterol (<1.0 mmol/L in men, <1.3 mmol/L in women).
