Association of Serum C-Reactive Protein (CRP) with Some Nutritional Parameters of Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azar Baradaran . ◽  
Hamid Nasri .
2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Savica ◽  
Domenico Santoro ◽  
Giampiero Mazzaglia ◽  
Franco Ciolino ◽  
Paolo Monardo ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Xiangxue Lu ◽  
Jialing Zhang ◽  
Shixiang Wang ◽  
Qian Yu ◽  
Han Li

Background. Renal anemia is a common complication of hemodialysis patients. Erythropoietin (EPO) hyporesponsiveness has been recognized as an important factor to poor efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin in the treatment of renal anemia. More importantly, increased erythropoiesis resistance index (ERI) may be associated with inflammation and increased mortality. Objective. The objective of this research was to investigate correlated factors of EPO responsiveness and to clarify the relationships between EPO hyporesponsiveness and cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality among maintenance hemodialysis patients. Methods. This prospective cohort study enrolled 276 maintenance hemodialysis patients for a 55-month follow-up to investigate the factors related to ERI and its relationship to all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality. Results. ERI was positively correlated with predialysis serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein ( r = 0.234 , p < 0.001 ), alkaline phosphatase ( r = 0.134 , p = 0.028 ), and ferritin ( r = 0.155 , p = 0.010 ) and negatively correlated with albumin ( r = − 0.206 , p < 0.001 ) and creatinine ( r = − 0.232 , p < 0.001 ). As multiple linear regression showed, predialysis serum albumin, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, ferritin, and creatinine were independent correlated factors of ERI ( p < 0.05 ). Kaplan–Meier curves showed that the cumulative incidences of both cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality were significantly higher in patients with ERI > 11.04   IU / kg / w / g / dL (both p < 0.01 ). The high ERI group was significantly associated with higher risk for all-cause mortality (OR 1.781, 95% CI 1.091 to 2.910, p = 0.021 ) and cardiovascular mortality (OR 1.972, 95% CI 1.139 to 3.417, p = 0.015 ) after adjusting for confounders. Conclusions. Predialysis serum albumin, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, ferritin, and creatinine were independent correlated factors of EPO responsiveness among maintenance hemodialysis patients. Patients with higher ERI values had a higher all-cause mortality rate and cardiovascular mortality rate.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nevi Pasko ◽  
Ariana Strakosha ◽  
Arieta Dedej ◽  
Loredana Kapidani ◽  
Fjona Nasto ◽  
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Abstract Background and Aims Among hemodialysis patients, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) represents an important health care burden and has been associated with high mortality. The ancle-brachial index (ABI), is a reliable and noninvasive method used to asses PAD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of PAD in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis and the association with inflammation and malnutrition using serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum albumin as biomarkers. Method The study was conducted at different hemodialysis centers in patients receiving hemodialysis three times a week. We excluded patients with atrial fibrillation or who had been recently hospitalized. The ABI has been used as a diagnostic tool for PAD and measured before a hemodialysis session. A value of ABI less than 0.9 was considered abnormal. To better estimate the impact of malnutrition and inflammation we used the serum albumin, blood lipids values and serum C-reactive protein values defined by calculating the mean of the last three measurements. Results A total of 261 ESRD patients on maintenance hemodialysis were enrolled in the study. Mean age was 56.0 (±12) years, 58% were males, and 17.6% were diabetics. Mean time on hemodialysis was 5.9 (±6.7) years, with 24% of patients on dialysis for less than 3 years. Among our patients we found that the prevalence of PAD was 23.4%, of whom 58.1% were men. We found that age, diabetes, duration of hemodialysis, low serum albumin levels and high serum triglyceride levels were risk factors for PAD in hemodialysis patients. The multivariate analysis of our study has shown that a lower level of albumin and higher level of CRP were significantly associated with an ABI less than 0.9 (odds ratio, 4.54; 95% confidence interval, P = 0.017) after adjusting for demographic, clinical, biochemical and medication data. We did not find significant differences in serum calcium, phosphate or PTH levels between patients with PAD and those without it. Conclusion In conclusion, the present study showed high prevalence of PAD in patients on hemodialysis. The prevalence was higher in diabetics. Low albumin levels and C-reactive levels were independent risk factors of PAD. We found that early diagnosis and treatment of PAD could help to improve the quality of life of hemodialysed patients and postpone arterial complications in this group of patients.


Open Medicine ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf Selcoki ◽  
Faruk Turgut ◽  
Mehmet Kanbay ◽  
Adem Ozkara ◽  
Oguz Tekin ◽  
...  

AbstractCardiac valvular calcification is frequent among hemodialysis (HD) patients. The presence of valvular calcification can help identify HD patients with a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of valvular calcification (VC) in our maintenance hemodialysis (HD) population and to examine some possible etiologic factors for its occurrence. We studied forty-four patients on hemodialysis (23 women and 21 men; mean age 57 ± 18 year; mean HD duration 34 ± 28 months). Valvular calcification (VC) was observed in 21 patients (48%). Of these patients, 6 patients (13%) had mitral valvular calcification, 9 patients (20%) had aortic valvular calcification, and 6 patients (13%) had calcification of both valves. The patients with VC were older than patients without VC (66±14 vs. 50±18). The patients with aortic calcification had longer HD duration than others (48±29 vs. 27±24 months). Patients with VC had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures than patients without VC. The patients with mitral calcification had higher C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (14 ± 13 vs. 7 ± 7). No significant differences were found with respect to calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, alkaline phosphatase and mean Ca × P product. Our study confirmed that there is an increased prevalence of VC in HD patients. Age is a risk factor for cardiac VC in HD patients. Longer HD duration was associated with aortic valve calcification. In addition, elevated level of CRP is associated with mitral valve calcification in HD patients.


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