Luís Belo, Maria João Valente, Susana Rocha, Susana Coimbra, Cristina Catarino, Irina Lousa, Elsa Bronze-da-Rocha, Petronila Rocha-Pereira, Maria do Sameiro-Faria, José Gerardo Oliveira, José Madureira, João Carlos Fernandes, Vasco Miranda, José Pedro L Nunes, Alice Santos-Silva
Worldwide, the number of elderly individuals receiving chronic hemodialysis is rising. The aim of our study was to evaluate several clinical and analytical biomarkers in chronically dialyzed patients and analyze how they change with age. A cross-sectional study was performed by evaluating 289 end-stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis. We evaluated the hemogram, adipokines, the lipid profile, and several markers related to inflammation, endothelial function/fibrinolysis, nutrition, iron metabolism, and cardiac and renal fibrosis...
March 15, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences