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Alkaline Phosphatase and Mortality in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis
Author(s) -
Xinhui Liu,
Qunying Guo,
Xiaoran Feng,
Juan Wang,
Juan Wu,
Haiping Mao,
Fengxian Huang,
Xueqing Yu,
Xiao Yang
Publication year - 2014
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.08280813
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , hazard ratio , peritoneal dialysis , confidence interval , quartile , gastroenterology , proportional hazards model , dialysis , hemodialysis , alkaline phosphatase , retrospective cohort study , population , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental health , enzyme
Elevated total serum alkaline phosphatase levels have been associated with higher mortality in the general population, CKD patients, and hemodialysis patients. However, in peritoneal dialysis patients, this association has received little attention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between alkaline phosphatase and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients.

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