Arterial Stiffness and Renal Replacement Therapy: A Controversial Topic

Table 3

Arterial (aortic) stiffness and modality of dialysis.

	cfPWV in PD	cfPWV in HD	Longitudinal study	Transversal study
Mimura et al., 2005 [23]	Decrease (1)	Increase (1)	X
Yang et al., 2011 [21]	Decrease (2)	Decrease (2)		X
Strózecki et al., 2012 [20]	Increase (3)	Increase (3)		X
Chung et al., 2010 [22]	Increase (4)	pNS		X

Pulse wave velocity in the carotid-femoral pathway (cfPWV) was measured in peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialyzed patients (HD).
(1) With respect to baseline values obtained in dialyzed patients between 3 and 5 months.
(2) With respect to predialysis values obtained in uremic patients.
(3) With respect to the theoretical value according to Blacher equation.
(4) With respect to nondialysis uremic patients (in vitro studies in humans).