Associations of Glycemic Control With Cardiovascular Outcomes Among US Hemodialysis Patients With Diabetes Mellitus
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Jinnie J. Rhee; Yuanchao Zheng; Maria E. Montez‐Rath; Tara I. Chang; Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer
- Source
- Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 6, Iss 6 (2017)
- Subject
- cardiovascular outcomes
diabetes mellitus
glycemic control
hemodialysis
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2047-9980
BackgroundThere is a lack of data on the relationship between glycemic control and cardiovascular end points in hemodialysis patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods and ResultsWe included adult Medicare‐insured patients with diabetes mellitus who initiated in‐center hemodialysis treatment from 2006 to 2008 and survived for >90 days. Quarterly mean time‐averaged glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) values were categorized into