Lower Serum Irisin Levels Are Associated with Increased Abdominal Aortic Calcification in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

• Main Authors: Si-Jia Zhou (Author), Xiao-Xiao Wang (Author), Wen Tang (Author), Qing-Feng Han (Author), Lian He (Author), Ai-Hua Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Vascular calcification (VC), with the mechanisms remaining unclear, is closely related with dialysis patients' cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality. Irisin is a newly identified myokine. This study aims to evaluate the serum irisin levels of peritoneal dialysis (PD) pa...