Relations between Concentrations of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Neopterin as Potential Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Haemodialysis-Treated Patients

Abstract

Potential risk factors for cardiovascular diseases include high concentrations of both ADMA and NP levels in chronic renal failure patients. A correlation mean between ADMA and NP levels after dialysis was found, but no correlation between ADMA and NP levels before haemodialysis was discovered. These can be evaluated as two different risk factors independent from each other.