... far, there is no report on serum markers. Some biomarkers are associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Chemerin is a multifunctional chemoattractant adipokine which plays important roles in inflammation, adipogenesis, and metabolism. We intended to investigate the role of chemerin...

... Sciences software (IBM SPSS Statistics, version 28.0.0.0). Dyslipidemia Hemodialysis Cardiovascular diseases Mortality Statins Japanese uremic patients have received high-quality dialysis therapy such as strictly managed high-quality dialyzate, single-use dialysis equipment...

... and 2,919 pg/ml in the low-flux group. Survival probability was lowest in patients with both a history of cardiovascular disease and NT-proBNP values above the median (p < 0.001). A multivariate Cox proportional hazard model showed interaction between presence of cardiovascular diseases and NT-proBNP...

... nephropathy and cerebro- or cardiovascular diseases), hemofiltration (57 patients, 1,428 patient months) is compared to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD; 68 patients, 1,464 patient months). Long-term survival rates (8 years in the first and 5 years in the second group) did not show significant...

... including secondary hyperparathyroidism may be one of the factors contributing to cardiovascular disease in patients on hemodialysis. This study was designed to evaluate the role of the serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentration and its regulatory factors in serum on arterial stiffness in patients...