A cut-off value of plasma osteoprotegerin level may predict the presence of coronary artery calcifications in chronic kidney disease patients - Concepedia

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A cut-off value of plasma osteoprotegerin level may predict the presence of coronary artery calcifications in chronic kidney disease patients

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2009

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Marion Moréna, Anne‐Marie Dupuy, Isabelle Jaussent, H. Vernhet, G. Gahide, Kada Klouche, Anne Sophie Bargnoux, Cécile Delcourt, Bernard Canaud, Jean‐Paul Cristol

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Abstract

These results suggest that a CAC increase is strongly associated with a plasma OPG increase in CKD patients. The values of OPG >757.7 pg/mL allow us to predict the presence of CAC in these patients.

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