Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 243-254 , July 2010

Association of Relatively Low Serum Parathyroid Hormone With Malnutrition-Inflammation Complex and Survival in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

  • Ramanath Dukkipati, MD

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    • Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502
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  • Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Salem Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA 24153
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  • Sara Colman, RD

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    • DaVita, El Segundo, CA 90245
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  • Matthew J. Budoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502
    • David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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  • Allen R. Nissenson, MD

      Affiliations

    • DaVita, El Segundo, CA 90245
    • David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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  • Stuart M. Sprague, DO

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL 60201
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  • Joel D. Kopple, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502
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  • Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, Harold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research and Epidemiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1124 West Carson Street, C1-Annex, Torrance, CA 90502.

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 This study was supported by research grant DK61162 (for KKZ) from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease, a research grant from DaVita, Inc (for KKZ), a philanthropist grant from Mr. Harold Simmons (for KKZ), and General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) grant M01-RR00425 from the National Centers for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.

 Drs. Kalantar-Zadeh, Kovesdy, Sprague, and/or Budoff have received grants and/or honoraria from Shire, Amgen, Abbott, Genzyme, or Fresenus.

 The authors are thankful to Dr. Victor Goh, at Harbor-UCLA GCRC Core Laboratories, for the management of blood samples and measuring inflammatory markers, and to DaVita Clinical Research and DaVita dietitians for supporting the NIED Study in DaVita dialysis clinics in Los Angeles South Bay Area.

PII: S1051-2276(09)00284-2

doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2009.10.006

Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 243-254 , July 2010

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