Usefulness of serum creatinine as a marker for coronary events in elderly patients with either systemic hypertension or diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Elderly patients with systolic or diastolic hypertension, 1,2 or with diabetes mellitus, 1,2 have an increased incidence of new coronary events. Renal disease occurs in patients with systemic hypertension or diabetes mellitus. Some 3–6 but not all studies 7,8 have shown that patients on chronic maintenance dialysis have an increased incidence of mortality from cardiovascular disease. This article reports the results from a prospective study performed to correlate increased serum creatinine in elderly patients with systemic hypertension or diabetes mellitus with the incidence of new coronary events.