Dual factor pulse pressure: body mass index and outcome in type 2 diabetic subjects on maintenance hemodialysis. A longitudinal study 2003-2006.

Background: Inverse associations between risk factors and mortality have been reported in epidemiological studies of patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).

Objective: The aim of this prospective study was to estimate the effect of the dual variable pulse pressure (PP) - body mass index (BMI) on cardiovascular (CV) events and death in type 2 diabetic (T2D) subjects on MHD in a Caribbean population.

Methods: Eighty Afro-Caribbean T2D patients on MHD were studied prospectively from 2003 to 2006.

High pulse pressure associated with cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing hemodialysis.

Background: The aims of this study were to examine systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and pulse pressure (PP) in patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing hemodialysis (HD), and to assess the relationships between these parameters and cardiovascular (CV) events such as coronary heart disease and congestive cardiac failure.

Methods: A total of 80 Afro-Caribbean type 2 diabetic patients undergoing hemodialysis in three centers in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, were included in this cross-sectional study. Pre- and postdialysis BP were recorded.