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Usefulness of Ankle-Brachial Index Calculated Using Diastolic Blood Pressure and Mean Arterial Pressure in Predicting Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

Po-Chao Hsu1,4, Jiun-Chi Huang2,3,4, Wen-Hsien Lee1,3,4, Ying-Chih Chen1,3, Pei-Yu Wu2,3, Wei-Chung Tsai1,4, Szu-Chia Chen2,3,4,5✉, Ho-Ming Su1,3,4,6✉

1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan;
2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan;
3. Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan;
4. Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan;
5. Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
6. Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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Hsu PC, Huang JC, Lee WH, Chen YC, Wu PY, Tsai WC, Chen SC, Su HM. Usefulness of Ankle-Brachial Index Calculated Using Diastolic Blood Pressure and Mean Arterial Pressure in Predicting Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients. Int J Med Sci 2021; 18(1):65-72. doi:10.7150/ijms.50831. https://www.medsci.org/v18p0065.htm
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No study has investigated the predictive ability of ankle-brachial index (ABI) calculated using diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (ABIdbp) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) (ABImap) for overall and cardiovascular (CV) mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Our study was aimed to investigate the issue. Two hundred and seven routine HD patients were enrolled. ABI values were measured by ABI-form device. During the follow-up period (122 months), 124 of the 207 patients (59.0%) died, and 59 deaths due to CV cause. Multivariate analysis showed that low ABIsbp, ABIdbp, and ABImap were all significantly associated with increased overall (p ≤ 0.015) and CV mortality (p ≤ 0.015) in whole study patients. A subgroup analysis after excluding 37 patients with ABIsbp < 0.9 or > 1.3 found ABIsbp and ABIsbp < 0.9 were not associated with overall and CV mortality. However, ABImap and ABIdbp < 0.87 were significantly associated with overall mortality (p ≤ 0.042). Furthermore, ABIdbp and ABIdbp < 0.87 were significantly associated with CV mortality (p ≤ 0.030). In conclusion, ABIsbp, ABIdbp, and ABImap were all useful in predicting overall and CV mortality in our HD patients. In the subgroup patients with normal ABIsbp, ABIsbp and ABIsbp < 0.9 were not useful to predict overall and CV mortality. Nevertheless, ABImap and ABIdbp < 0.87 could still predict overall mortality, and ABIdbp and ABIdbp < 0.87 could predict CV mortality. Hence, calculating ABI using DBP and MAP may provide benefit in survival prediction in HD patients, especially in the patients with normal ABIsbp.

Keywords: ankle-brachial index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, overall mortality, hemodialysis


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Hsu, P.C., Huang, J.C., Lee, W.H., Chen, Y.C., Wu, P.Y., Tsai, W.C., Chen, S.C., Su, H.M. (2021). Usefulness of Ankle-Brachial Index Calculated Using Diastolic Blood Pressure and Mean Arterial Pressure in Predicting Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 18(1), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.50831.

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Hsu, P.C.; Huang, J.C.; Lee, W.H.; Chen, Y.C.; Wu, P.Y.; Tsai, W.C.; Chen, S.C.; Su, H.M. Usefulness of Ankle-Brachial Index Calculated Using Diastolic Blood Pressure and Mean Arterial Pressure in Predicting Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2021, 18 (1), 65-72. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.50831.

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Hsu PC, Huang JC, Lee WH, Chen YC, Wu PY, Tsai WC, Chen SC, Su HM. Usefulness of Ankle-Brachial Index Calculated Using Diastolic Blood Pressure and Mean Arterial Pressure in Predicting Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients. Int J Med Sci 2021; 18(1):65-72. doi:10.7150/ijms.50831. https://www.medsci.org/v18p0065.htm

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Hsu PC, Huang JC, Lee WH, Chen YC, Wu PY, Tsai WC, Chen SC, Su HM. 2021. Usefulness of Ankle-Brachial Index Calculated Using Diastolic Blood Pressure and Mean Arterial Pressure in Predicting Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients. Int J Med Sci. 18(1):65-72.

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