Keisuke Soeda, Hirotaka Komaba, Yosuke Nakagawa, Chiaki Kawabata, Takehiko Wada, Hiroo Takahashi, Yuichiro Takahashi, Toru Hyodo, Miho Hida, Takao Suga, Takatoshi Kakuta, Masafumi Fukagawa
BACKGROUND: Hyponatremia is implicated in pathological bone resorption and has been identified as a risk factor for bone fracture in the general population. However, there are limited data on the association between serum sodium levels and fracture risk in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). METHODS: We analyzed a historical cohort of 2220 maintenance HD patients to examine the association between serum sodium levels and the risk of fracture and mortality. We also examined the association between serum sodium levels and osteoporosis, based on metacarpal bone mineral density, in a subcohort of 455 patients with available data...
March 21, 2024: Journal of Nephrology