Clinics vol.70 número4

The Dallas Heart Study (10) showed that plasma OPG levels were independently associated with coronary artery calcification and aortic plaque in a sample of patients aged 30 to 65

Studies were eligible for inclusion in the meta-analysis if they were randomized controlled trials, controlled clinical studies, or cohort studies with designs comparing the

Our meta-analyses included the results of studies involving patients with early RA and patients with a long disease duration (with a mean duration of disease varying from 3.2

the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria was a powerful predictor of 30-day mortality in patients with elevated preoperative serum creatinine who underwent

The included studies were published prospective or retrospective cohort studies that compared all-cause mortality, HF hospitalization, and composite outcome of CRT with

MCP-1 level was positively associated with the risk of all-cause mortality among ACS patients in the A to Z trial, but there was no significant association between MCP-1 levels

The serum aminotransferase levels were lower in the patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis (with or without viral hepatitis) than in the patients with normal

CONCLUSIONS: The aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase serum levels of patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease decreased in proportion to the progression