Pentraxin-3 in hemodialysis patients: Relationship to comorbidities.

Hemodialysis (HD), despite being the most common treatment modality for endstage renal disease (ESRD), still carries a mortality rate higher than 20-50%/year resulting from various comorbidities. The aim of this study was to measure the plasma level of pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) in patients on maintenance HD and to assess its relationships to comorbidities such as malnutrition and associated comorbid diseases. This case-control study included 50 HD patients, 30 ESRD patients, and 30 healthy controls.

Adiponectin as a marker of complications in type I diabetes.

Objective: To evaluate adiponectin levels in children and adolescents with type I diabetes, and their relationship to long term complications.

Design: Cross sectional.

Setting: Tertiary referral hospital, Cairo, Egypt.