Results
There were no significant differences in age, height, weight, BMI, blood
pressures, and laboratory parameters between the groups (all p
values>0.05) . Baseline characteristics and laboratory
results of the groups are shown in Table 1. Vitamin D and PTH levels are
demonstrated in Figure 1.
Vit D levels were relatively low in the secondary hyperparathyroidism
compared to the group with normal PTH levels (mean values 8.1±4.1,
9.3±7.8, respectively; p=0.369) . The rate of severe VDD in our study’s
total population was 76%.
Echocardiographic and peripheral tDi findings are shown in Table 2. Some
significant differences related to diastolic parameters are observed,
which will explain in the discussion section in detail. Other
echocardiographic parameters were similar, including EF (p
values>0.05) . Regarding carotid and brachial tDi, only a
significant difference was observed according to carotid IMT
(p=0.034) .