High salt intake is a primary cause of over-hydration in chronic kidney disease (CKD)
patients. Inflammatory markers are predictors of CKD mortality; however, the pathogenesis …

Biomarkers of Vascular Calcification and Mortality in Patien... : Clinical Journal of the
American Society of Nephrology Biomarkers of Vascular Calcification and Mortality in …

BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5 have high comorbidity and
are prone to inflammation that may contribute to the high cardiovascular mortality risk …

The present study aimed to determine the correlation between controlling nutritional status
(CONUT) and prognosis in resected breast cancer patients. Totally, 861 breast cancer …

Results In adjusted analyses, serum IL-6 above the median value was associated with
history of CVD (P< 0.001) and predicted the incidence rate of CV events (hazard ratio, 1.66; …

Selenium (Se) has been recognized as an essential dietary nutrient for decades, and
organic Se sources rather than inorganic ones are increasingly advocated as Se …

The mechanisms underlying the heightened risk for CVD in CKD have been the focus of
intense study and may relate to the combined effects of traditional and CKD-specific risks …

Purpose: To study the effect of hypoalbuminemia on short-and long-term mortality in Cardiac
Intensive Care Unit (CICU) patients. Methods: We reviewed 12,418 unique CICU patients …

Background and objectives: Recently, we showed that soluble TNF-like weak inducer of
apoptosis (sTWEAK) plasma levels are diminished in hemodialysis patients and had …

Inflammation may be associated with mortality in dialysis patients. This study aims to
summarize the prognostic value of two common inflammatory markers, C-reactive protein …