Why the study?
Is heart rate variability associated with renal outcomes, cardiovascular outcomes, or mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease?
Population
3,245 participants with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 4.2 years
Authors
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RMSSD extremes associated with higher mortality in CKD but not renal/CV outcomes; hypothesis-generating and leaves open predictive utility.
Is heart rate variability associated with renal outcomes, cardiovascular outcomes, or mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease?
In patients with chronic kidney disease, both low and high heart rate variability measured by RMSSD are associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, but not with renal or cardiovascular outcomes.
Drawz et al. (2013) studied this question.
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