Study: Men with CKD may have higher resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity than women
Men with chronic kidney disease may have higher resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity than women but show no difference in vascular stiffness, according to study results.“Although it is well established that [sympathetic nervous system] SNS activity and vascular stiffness are substantially elevated in CKD, prior studies have primarily been performed in men,” Matias G. Zanuzzi, MD,