Glycemic control and survival of diabetic hemodialysis patients—Importance of lower hemoglobin A1C levels

Autor: S. Kagitani, Senji Okuno, Tomoyuki Yamakawa, Kyoko Nagasue, Kiyoshi Maekawa, K. Kono, Y. Fujino-Kato, Eiji Ishimura, Masaaki Inaba, Naoki Tsuboniwa, Yoshiki Nishizawa, Yoshifumi Maeno
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 83:320-326
ISSN: 0168-8227
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2008.11.038
Popis: Aims The significance of hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) on the survival of diabetic hemodialysis patients still remains controversial. We investigated the impact of HbA1C on the survival. Methods A total of 122 diabetic patients on maintenance hemodialysis (age, 59.9 ± 11.9 years [mean ± SD]; hemodialysis duration: 53 ± 38 months) were surveyed (survey period: 46 ± 19 months). Results The cumulative survival of the poor glycemic control group (mean HbA1C of 3-month period ≥6.3%, n = 62) was significantly lower than that of the good group (HbA1C n = 60), as determined by Kaplan–Meier estimation ( P = 0.0084, log-rank test). Kaplan–Meier analysis also demonstrated that both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortalities were higher in the poor group than in the good group ( P = 0.0545 and P = 0.0453, respectively). In a multivariate Cox proportional hazard model, the mean HbA1C was a significant predictor of survival (OR 1.260 per 1.0%, 95% CI 1.020–0.579, P = 0.0325). Conclusions Poor glycemic control is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in diabetic hemodialysis patients. HbA1C is a clinically useful parameter for identifying the risk for mortality, both for cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality, and that careful management of glycemic control by use of HbA1C is important.
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