High uric acid and low superoxide dismutase as possible predictors of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients
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2013
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Antunović, TanjaStefanović, Aleksandra

Ratković, Marina
Gledović, Branka
Gligorović-Barhanović, Najdana
Bozović, Dragica
Ivanišević, Jasmina

Prostran, Milica

Stojanov, Marina
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We investigated the role of serum uric acid (sUA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) as predictive factors for mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. SOD, butyrylcholinesterase, and malondialdehyde were estimated spectrophotometrically and the other parameters by standard procedures. High-sensitive C-reactive protein was assayed by a sandwich ELISA method. sUA among survivors (112.1 +/- A 13.82 mu mol/L) was significantly lower than in deceased (160.8 +/- A 16.81 mu mol/L, p lt 0.001), while SOD was higher in survivors (31.8 +/- A 6.61 kU/L) than among deceased (20.2 +/- A 3.03, p lt 0.05). Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed the greatest mortality risk in the highest tertile of basal sUA concentration (a parts per thousand yen127.11 mu mol/L, p lt 0.001), and for SOD in the lowest tertile (a parts per thousand currency sign23.83 kU/L, p lt 0.05). Our results suggest that high sUA and low SOD may predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in HD patients.
Keywords:
Hemodialysis / Uric acid / Superoxide dismutase / Cardiovascular risk mortalitySource:
International Urology and Nephrology, 2013, 45, 4, 1111-1119Publisher:
- Springer, Dordrecht
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DOI: 10.1007/s11255-012-0233-x
ISSN: 0301-1623
PubMed: 22828740