End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is associated with significantly increased morbidity and
mortality resulting from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and infections, accounting for 50 …

Reverse epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors in maintenance dialysis patients.
Conventional risk factors of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the general population …

Background Systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) is a novel inflammatory marker, and
inflammation has been reported to be related with renal damage. We aimed to investigate …

Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) and inflammation are common and usually concurrent in
maintenance dialysis patients. Many factors that appear to lead to these 2 conditions …

IL-10, IL-6, and TNF-α: Central factors in the altered cytokine network of uremia—The good,
the bad, and the ugly. It has been increasingly apparent that wasting and cardiovascular …

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent cardiovascular risk factor.
The knowledge of prevalence in general population may help to early detection of CKD and …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by manifestations and symptoms involving
systemic organs and apparatus, associated with elevated cardiovascular morbidity and …

Hypertension as a multifactorial pathology is one of the most important cardiovascular risk
factors, affecting up to 30‐40% of the general population. Complex immune responses are …

ContextTotal cholesterol level is inversely associated with mortality in dialysis patients, a
group at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This paradox may be explained by …

Background Malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome, an outcome predictor in
maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients, may be related to anorexia. Objectives We …