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Oxidized High-Density Lipoprotein Is Associated with Protein-Energy Wasting in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Hirokazu Honda,
Masashi Ueda,
Shiho Kojima,
Shinichi Mashiba,
Hiroki Suzuki,
Nozomu Hosaka,
Yuki Hirai,
Mari Nakamura,
Hisako Nagai,
Noriyuki Kato,
Masanori Mukai,
Makoto Watanabe,
Keiko Takahashi,
Kanji Shishido,
Tadao Akizawa
Publication year - 2010
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.06110809
Subject(s) - medicine , wasting , hemodialysis , c reactive protein , prospective cohort study , concomitant , body mass index , gastroenterology , albumin , serum albumin , inflammation
Oxidized HDL (oxHDL) may behave as proinflammatory HDL because of reduced anti-inflammatory capacity and is considered a risk factor for mortality in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). The study presented here assessed the effect of oxHDL on protein-energy wasting (PEW) in MHD patients.

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