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This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between intracranial and valvular calcification and cognitive dysfunction in peritoneal dialysis patients. Methods: This single-center cross-sectional study included patients receiving peritoneal dialysis. Cognitive function was assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Intracranial and valvular calcifications were determined based on imaging findings. Clinical, demographic, and laboratory parameters were analyzed. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with cognitive dysfunction, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to assess discriminative performance. Results: A total of 95 patients were included. Patients with cognitive dysfunction were older and more frequently female. In univariate analysis, age, female sex, and mitral valve calcification were significantly associated with cognitive dysfunction. After multivariable adjustment, only age (OR: 1.06, p = 0.02) and female sex (OR: 3.4, p = 0.03) remained independently associated. ROC analysis showed limited discriminative performance (AUC: 0.63). Conclusions: Calcification parameters were associated with cognitive dysfunction in unadjusted analyses but did not remain independent predictors after adjustment. Age was the strongest factor associated with cognitive dysfunction, while female sex was also independently associated with increased risk. These findings suggest that calcification burden may reflect cumulative vascular aging and comorbidity rather than serving as a standalone predictor of cognitive impairment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15103635","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,11]],"date-time":"2026-05-11T17:17:42Z","timestamp":1778519862000},"page":"3635","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Cognitive Dysfunction and Vascular\/Valvular Calcification in Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8809-2250","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nazife Nur \u00d6zer","family":"\u015eensoy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa Y\u00fcksek \u0130htisas Training and Research Hospital, 16310 Bursa, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mehmet","family":"Usta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa City Training and Research Hospital, 16250 Bursa, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Selvi","family":"Co\u015far","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa City Training and Research Hospital, 16250 Bursa, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Furkan Ert\u00fcrk","family":"Urfal\u0131","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa City Training and Research Hospital, 16250 Bursa, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-2847-0198","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Do\u011fa\u00e7","family":"Koruk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Bursa City Hospital, 16250 Bursa, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"S\u00fcleyman","family":"Bekir\u00e7avu\u015fo\u011flu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa City Training and Research Hospital, 16250 Bursa, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"T\u00fcrker","family":"Emre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa City Training and Research Hospital, 16250 Bursa, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2726369","DOI":"10.1155\/2017\/2726369","article-title":"Cognitive Impairment in Chronic Kidney Disease: Vascular Milieu and the Potential Therapeutic Role of Exercise","volume":"2017","author":"Bronas","year":"2017","journal-title":"BioMed Res. 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