IL-6 Levels, Nutritional Status, and Mortality in Prevalent Hemodialysis Patients | Zendy

Ilia Beberashvili | Zendy; Inna Sinuani | Zendy; Ada Azar | Zendy; Hila Yasur | Zendy; Gregory Shapiro | Zendy; Leonid Feldman | Zendy; Zhan Averbukh | Zendy; Joshua Weissgarten | Zendy

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IL-6 Levels, Nutritional Status, and Mortality in Prevalent Hemodialysis Patients

Author(s) -

Ilia Beberashvili,

Inna Sinuani,

Ada Azar,

Hila Yasur,

Gregory Shapiro,

Leonid Feldman,

Zhan Averbukh,

Joshua Weissgarten

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01770211

Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , anthropometry , prospective cohort study , creatinine , cohort , body mass index , serum albumin , albumin , gastroenterology , transferrin , cohort study

The influence of serum IL-6 levels on nutritional status in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients remains to be elucidated. The present report describes a prospective longitudinal study of IL-6 levels and nutritional parameters to determine whether high IL-6 levels are independently associated with nutritional status over time in a cohort of prevalent hemodialysis patients.

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