• Lu-Lu Han, Xiao-Juan Bai, Hong-Li Lin, Xue-Feng Sun, and Xiang-Mei Chen.
• Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
• Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 2011 Oct 1; 41 (10): 1077-86.

BackgroundAge-related changes in kidney structure and function have been well documented. This study aimed to assess the relationship between declines of normal ageing-related kidney function and cardiac diastolic function in a healthy Chinese population.Materials And MethodsA total of 852 healthy adults aged 30-98 years were enrolled and divided into four groups according to quartiles of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and cystatin C (CYSC). Cardiac diastolic function was measured by ratio of peak velocity of early filling to peak velocity of atrial filling (E/A), which was derived by B-mode echocardiography. Lower E/A was defined as measures under the 25th percentile of sample distribution (0·784).ResultsAge was significantly associated with eGFR (r = -0·102, P < 0·01), CYSC (r = 0·544, P < 0·01) and E/A (r = -0·381, P < 0·01). Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that second, third and fourth quartile groups of CYSC and fourth quartile of eGFR were significantly associated with lower E/A in an unadjusted model. However, these associations were lost after full adjustment.ConclusionsOur results confirm that ageing is a major factor contributing to declines in both kidney and cardiac diastolic function in a healthy population. Adjustment for covariates, however, showed that normal ageing-related declines in kidney function and cardiac diastolic function are not independently linked.© 2011 The Authors. European Journal of Clinical Investigation © 2011 Stichting European Society for Clinical Investigation Journal Foundation.

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