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Sleep quality and its correlates in patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional design

Abstract

PURPOSE: Since sympathovagal imbalance influences clinical phenomena, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and sleeping problems, there should be correlations between these conditions. We hypothesized that sleep quality would be correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), blood pressure and the presence of diabetes. METHODS: We included 303 CKD patients in this study. We employed the Pittsburgh …

Authors

Sekercioglu N; Curtis B; Murphy S; Barrett B

Journal

Renal Failure, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 757–762

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Date

May 28, 2015

DOI

10.3109/0886022x.2015.1024555

ISSN

0886-022X