Relations of inflammatory markers to lipid levels and autonomic tone in patients with moderate and severe chronic kidney disease and in patients under maintenance hemodialysis - Concepedia

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Relations of inflammatory markers to lipid levels and autonomic tone in patients with moderate and severe chronic kidney disease and in patients under maintenance hemodialysis

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Stavroula N. Psychari, Loukas Sinos, Christos Iatrou, G M Liakos, Thomas Apostolou

Clinical Nephrology

Abstract

Enhanced inflammatory response occurs already in stages 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease. IL-6 is related to HRV in these patients, but not in the hemodialysis group, suggesting that IL-6 may interact with autonomic tone in that stage of disease.