Inverse association of fat mass, but not lean mass, with glycated albumin in hemodialysis patients with or without diabetes mellitus.

Glycated albumin (GA), which is independent of anemia and/or use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, might provide a more precise measure than glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in hemodialysis patients. The present study examines whether body composition is associated with GA besides glycemic control in hemodialysis patients. This study included 90 hemodialysis patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and 86 hemodialysis patients without DM.

The association of serum adiponectin with abdominal aortic calcification in Japanese male hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional observational study.

The negative relation of serum adiponectin to atherosclerosis becomes a positive association in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We conducted a small-scale cross-sectional observational study, in 101 Japanese male hemodialysis patients, to examine the relationship of serum adiponectin and leptin to abdominal aortic calcification (AAC). The presence of AAC was evaluated from simple X-ray radiographs of the left lateral abdomen.

Isolation and identification of Sphingomonas sp. that yields tert-octylphenol monoethoxylate under aerobic conditions.

Topsoil samples were collected from eight golf courses in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, and enrichment cultures were carried out with a basal-salt medium containing 0.2% 4-tert-octylphenol polyethoxylate (OPPEO) as sole carbon source. OPPEO-degrading activity was detected in one of the samples, from which a strain of OPPEO-degrading bacterium was isolated.

Isolation of bacterial strains that produce the endocrine disruptor, octylphenol diethoxylates, in paddy fields.

Topsoil samples were collected from 36 different paddy fields in West Japan. Each soil sample was incubated with a basal salt-medium containing 0.2% OPPEO.