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Relationship between leptin and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients

  • Jj Díez
  • , Maurizio Bossola
  • , Mj Fernández Reyes
  • , Enrico Di Stasio
  • , Luigi Tazza
  • , Giovanna Luciani
  • , R Codoceo
  • , P Iglesias
  • , A Rodríguez
  • , E González
  • , R. Selgas

Research output: Contribution to journalArticle

Abstract

We aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum leptin and the leptin/body mass index (BMI) ratio with prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD), and their influence on all-cause and CVD-related mortality in patients on hemodialysis (HD).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)206-212
Number of pages7
JournalNefrología : publicación oficial de la Sociedad Española Nefrologia
Volume31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Aged
  • Body Mass Index
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cause of Death
  • Cohort Studies
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Leptin
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mortality
  • Obesity
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Prospective Studies
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Risk Factors
  • Spain
  • Statistics, Nonparametric

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