Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship between cardiac valve calcification (CVC) and carotid atherosclerosis (CAS) and its clinical features in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Methods A total of 166 patients who underwent regular PD duration of over 3 months in PD center of Wuxi people’s hospital were enrolled in this study. Their clinical and laboratory data were collected. CVC and CAS were confirmed by cardiac echocardiography and carotid artery color Doppler ultrasound examination. Results Among 166 PD patients, 46 were of CVC (27.7%). Serum level of [25 (OH) D] was comparable between patients with CVC or patients without CVC [(18.32 ± 10.64) VS (19.17 ± 10.81) ng/ml, P > 0.05]. Age, dialysis time, systolic BP, albumin, hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were significantly different between CVC group and non-CVC group (P < 0.05). There are 38 patients with CAS in CVC group (82.6%), and 50 patients with CAS in non-CVC group (41.7%). Age, dialysis time, systolic BP, diastolic BP, albumin, LDL-C, hs-CRP, IL-6 and iPTH were significantly different between 38 CVC patients with CAS and 70 CAS patients without CVC (P < 0.05). Two classification logistic regression analysis showed that age, systolic BP, hs-CRP and IL-6 were the risk factors for CVC (P < 0.05), and age, dialysis time, systolic BP, hs-CRP, IL-6 and smoking were the risk factors for CVC and CAS (P < 0.05). Conclusions PD patients experience commonly with CVC and CAS; CVC and/or CAS are associated with age, BP and inflammation.