Joint Effect of Dietary Protein Intake and Inflammation on Serum Albumin Level in Long-Term Maintenance Hemodialysis (MHD) Patients

• Main Authors: Youngmee Kim (Author), Miklos Z Molnar (Author), Manoch Rattanasompatikul (Author), Parta Hatamizadeh (Author), Debbie Benner (Author), Joel D Kopple (Author), Csaba P Kovesdy (Author), Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Serum albumin is one of the strongest mortality-predictors in MHD patients. Yet, the degree to which serum albumin represents dietary protein intake or inflammation is not clear. We hypothesized that inadequate protein intake and inflammation contribute equally to hypoalbuminemia and examined correl...