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      Calcium, phosphate, and parathyroid hormone levels in combination and as a function of dialysis duration predict mortality: evidence for the complexity of the association between mineral metabolism and outcomes.

      Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN
      Calcium, blood, Cohort Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Minerals, metabolism, Multivariate Analysis, Parathyroid Hormone, Phosphates, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Renal Dialysis, mortality, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome

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          Current literature suggests associations between abnormal mineral metabolism (MM) to cardiovascular disease in dialysis populations, with conflicting results. MM physiology is complex; therefore, it was hypothesized that constellations of MM parameters, reflecting this complexity, would be predictive of mortality and that this effect would be modified by dialysis duration (DD). Prevalent dialysis patients in British Columbia, Canada, who had measurements of calcium (Ca), phosphate (Pi), and parathyroid hormone (iPTH) between January and March 2000 were followed prospectively until December 2002. Statistical analysis included Cox proportional hazard models with Ca, Pi, and iPTH alone and in combination as explanatory variables; analyses were stratified by DD. The 515 patients included in this analysis represent British Columbia and Canadian dialysis populations: 69% were on hemodialysis, mean age was 60 +/- 17 yr, 40% were female, and 34% had diabetes. Mean Ca and Pi values were 2.32 +/- 0.22 mmol/L and 1.68 +/- 0.59 mmol/L, respectively, and median iPTH was 15.8 pmol/L (25th to 75th percentile: 6.9 to 37.3 pmol/L). Serum Pi, after adjusting for demographic, dialysis type and adequacy, hemoglobin, and albumin, independently predicted mortality (risk ratio [RR], 1.56 per 1 mmol/L; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.15 to 2.12; P = 0.004). When combinations of parameters were modeled (overall P = 0.003), the combinations of high serum Pi and Ca with high iPTH (RR, 3.71; 95% CI, 1.53 to 9.03; P = 0.004) and low iPTH (RR, 4.30; 95% CI, 2.01 to 9.22; P < 0.001) had highest risks for mortality as compared with the combination of high iPTH with normal serum Ca and Pi that had the lowest mortality and was used as index category. These effects varied across different strata of DD. This analysis demonstrates the importance of examining combinations of MM parameters as opposed to single variables alone and the effect of DD. In so doing, the complex interaction of time and MM can begin to be understand. Further exploration is required.

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