BACKGROUND: Patients on hemodialysis (HD) frequently experience cardiovascular events associated with vascular calcification. We investigated the involvement of osteoprotegerin (OPG), an inhibitor of vascular calcification, in the incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality among new HD patients. METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study of the association of serum OPG levels with morbidity and mortality in subjects who became new HD patients between June 2000 and May 2006. RESULTS: A total of 99 patients (age 58.9 +/- 14.6 years, 65 male, 34 female) were prospectively followed up for 41.5 +/- 20.2 months. During this period, 27 patients developed cardiovascular events and 12 died of causes related to cardiovascular disease. When divided into 2 groups according to OPG levels, the high OPG group showed a higher prevalence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared with the low OPG group. Cox's proportional hazards analysis associated the new onset of cardiovascular events with the high OPG group (HR 2.88, 95% CI 1.09-7.62, p = 0.033). Furthermore, the high OPG group at the start of HD was significantly associated with older age, male gender and a high aortic calcification index. CONCLUSIONS: Elevated levels of serum OPG in new HD patients may predict subsequent cardiovascular events. 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.
BACKGROUND:Patients on hemodialysis (HD) frequently experience cardiovascular events associated with vascular calcification. We investigated the involvement of osteoprotegerin (OPG), an inhibitor of vascular calcification, in the incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality among new HDpatients. METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study of the association of serum OPG levels with morbidity and mortality in subjects who became new HDpatients between June 2000 and May 2006. RESULTS: A total of 99 patients (age 58.9 +/- 14.6 years, 65 male, 34 female) were prospectively followed up for 41.5 +/- 20.2 months. During this period, 27 patients developed cardiovascular events and 12 died of causes related to cardiovascular disease. When divided into 2 groups according to OPG levels, the high OPG group showed a higher prevalence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared with the low OPG group. Cox's proportional hazards analysis associated the new onset of cardiovascular events with the high OPG group (HR 2.88, 95% CI 1.09-7.62, p = 0.033). Furthermore, the high OPG group at the start of HD was significantly associated with older age, male gender and a high aortic calcification index. CONCLUSIONS: Elevated levels of serum OPG in new HDpatients may predict subsequent cardiovascular events. 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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