There Is No Impact of Diabetes on the Endothelial Function of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Table 3

Endothelial dysfunction markers in CKD and CKD-DM groups.

	CKD group ()	CKD-DM group ()
FMD, %	2.68 ± 3.11	2.95 ± 3.69	0.737
NMD, %	11.51 ± 6.05	9.26 ± 5.47	0.104
EPC, %	0.25 (0.1–0.6)	0.60 (0.3–0.9)	0.009
SDF-1α, pg/ml	3730 (2915–4830)	3430 (2695–4770)	0.699
Serum nitric oxide, μmol/l	390.5 (296.5–568.8)	387.5 (241.5–613.8)	0.641
24 h urinary nitric oxide, μmol	3432 (1593–5521)	3336 (1213–5896)	0.734

FMD = flow-mediated dilation; NMD = nitrate-mediated dilation; EPC = endothelial progenitor cell; SDF-1α = stromal cell-derived factor 1.