Abstract
To clarify determinants of heart rate variability in hemodialysis patients, we evaluated 187 patients receiving chronic hemodialysis. Ambulatory electrocardiogram was recorded for 24 hours from the beginning of hemodialysis. Standard deviation of the normal RR interval (SDNN) was used as a marker of heart rate variability. Multiple regression analysis was performed to select independent variables associated with SDNN from the following 14 variables: age, sex, body mass index before hemodialysis, presence of ischemic heart disease, diabetic nephropathy as primary renal disease, smoking, duration of hemodialysis, mean blood pressure before hemodialysis, left ventricular mass index and fraction shortening in echocardiography, use of beta blockers, use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, hematocrit, and blood urea nitrogen. Older age (P < 0.0001), presence of diabetic nephropathy as primary renal disease (P < 0.0001), lower hematocrit (P = 0.0121), larger body mass index before hemodialysis (P = 0.0133), longer duration of hemodialysis (P = 0.0200), and smoking (P = 0.0350) were associated with reduced SDNN. In hemodialysis patients, SDNN as a marker of cardiac autonomic modulation was associated with hematocrit, body mass index, and duration of hemodialysis, in addition to previously reported variables. (Am J Kidney Dis 1998 Apr;31(4):602-6)
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