ADMA and C-reactive protein as mortality predictors in dialysis patients

• Authors: Aleksandra Ignjatović , Tatjana Cvetković , Radmila Pavlović , Vidojko Đorđević , Zoran Milošević , Vidosava Đorđević , Dušica Pavlović , Ivana Stojanović , Slavoljub Živanović
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There is a higher mortality between patients with end-stage renal disease than patients in the general population. These circumstances have led to a search for risk factors as predictors of mortality in dialysis patients. Amongst those, inhibitors of the nitric-oxide (NO) synthesis deserve special attention, since patients with end-stage renal disease are also characterized by accelerated atherosclerosis. Asymmetric-dimethylarginine (ADMA) and symmetric-dimethylarginine (SDMA), as well as C-reactive protein (CRP), have also been recognized as predictors of mortality in patients on dialysis. The aim of our study was to compare the prediction power of ADMA, SDMA and CRP for all-cause mortality in patients with end stage renal disease during the fourteen month follow-up. In total 162 patients on hemodialysis were included. ADMA and SDMA were measured by the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); CRP was measured using immunonephelometric assays. During the 14-month period 28 patients (34.1%) died from all-cause mortality. Using univariate analysis, hazard ratios (HR) of the potential independent predictors of mortality in hemodialysis patients were ADMA (HR 1.39 (1.01–1.91) p=0.043) and CRP (HR 1.024 (1.009–1.1.040) p=0.001). Further, multivariate analysis (MVA), however, showed that ADMA is the only predictor of all-cause mortality (HR 1.76 (1.002–3.11) P=0.049), while SDMA failed to predict death in this population. Therefore, our data shows that ADMA is an independent and better marker of all-cause mortality compared with CRP.

Keywords

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Asymmetric-dimethylarginine; Symmetric-dimethylarginine; C-reactive protein; Dialysis; Mortality prediction

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 346-353

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2013

online

17 - 4 - 2013

Contributors

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Aleksandra Ignjatović

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Tatjana Cvetković

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Radmila Pavlović

• Faculty of Medicine Niš, Research Centre for Biomedicine, University of Niš, Bulvd. Zorana Djindjica 81, 18000, Nis, Serbia

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Vidojko Đorđević

• Clinical Centre Niš, Clinic of nephrology, Bulvd. Zorana Djindjica 48, 18000, Nis, Serbia

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Zoran Milošević

• Faculty of Medicine Niš, Department of Medical Statistics, University of Niš, Bulvd. Zorana Djindjica 81, 18000, Nis, Serbia

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Vidosava Đorđević

• Faculty of Medicine Niš, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Niš, Bulvd. Zorana Djindjica 81, 18000, Nis, Serbia

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Dušica Pavlović

• Faculty of Medicine Niš, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Niš, Bulvd. Zorana Djindjica 81, 18000, Nis, Serbia

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Ivana Stojanović

• Faculty of Medicine Niš, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Niš, Bulvd. Zorana Djindjica 81, 18000, Nis, Serbia

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Slavoljub Živanović

• Faculty of Medicine Niš, Research Centre for Biomedicine, University of Niš, Bulvd. Zorana Djindjica 81, 18000, Nis, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-012-0084-y