Open AccessMineral metabolism and haemoglobin concentration among haemodialysis patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)
Author(s) -
Naoki Kimata,
Takashi Akiba,
Ronald L. Pisoni,
Justin M. Albert,
Sudtida Satayathum,
José Miguel Cruz,
Tadao Akizawa,
Vittorio E. Andreucci,
Eric W. Young,
Friedrich K. Port
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh732
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , hemodialysis , kidney disease , comorbidity , odds ratio , vitamin d and neurology , gastroenterology , endocrinology
Bone and mineral metabolism is abnormal in most chronic haemodialysis patients and is associated with a high mortality risk. Because of possible pathogenic links between anaemia and intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), the present study evaluated associations of mineral metabolism indicators with haemoglobin (Hb).
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