Table II.

Cardiac parameters of diabetic and non-diabetic hemodialysis patients

Parameter	HD DM (+)	HD DM (–)
NYHA class	2.16 ±1.02	1.81 ±0.76*
EF [%]	55.9 ±7.9	55.1 ±9.5
LVIDd [mm]	50.2 ±4.8	49.2 ±6.6
LVISd [mm]	34.9 ±3.0	33.4 ±4.6
RV [mm]	30.7 ±3.7	29.8 ±4.1
LA [mm]	43.2 ±4.9	41.0 ±5.6
RA [mm]	41.2 ±6.1	47.6 ±10.9
IVS [mm]	12.8 ±1.4	12.5 ±2.4

Data are given as mean ± SD

^*p < 0.05, proximal vs. distal AVF

EF – ejection fraction, LVIDd – left ventricular internal end-diastolic dimension, LVISd – left ventricular internal end-systolic dimension, RV – right ventricle, LA – left atrium, RA – right atrium, IVS – inter-ventricular septum diastole dimension