ABSTRACT
Objectives: To assess the cardiac status, specifically, left ventricle among end stage renal disease (ESRD) Yemeni patients and to explore factors associated with left ventricular abnormalities.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 105 patients in two haemodialysis centers in Aden, Yemen. The study was carried out during a period from November 2013 and early March 2014. Data collected included socio-demographic variables, clinical and biochemically assessments. Data analysis included descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression modelling.
Results: Patients’ mean±SD age was 47.08±12.96 years. Of the 105 patients, 97.14% had different left ventricular abnormal echo-findings. Forty percent had left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and 38.1% left ventricular dilatation (LVD). In multivariable modelling, controlling for age and gender, concentric LVH was only significantly associated with systolic hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥140mmhg, OR=4.60, 95% CI=1.89-11.21, p<0.001) and LVD was only significantly associated with anaemia (Haemoglobin <9, OR=2.43, 95% CI= 1.07-5.54, p<0.034).
Conclusion: Both left ventricle hypertrophy and dilation were significant and associated with systolic hypertension and anaemia.
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