Renoprotective strategies.

Kidney disease remains a condition with an increasing incidence, high morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular events. The incidence of end-stage renal disease is expected to increase. Despite of the technical improvement, dialysis never achieved a full clearance of the blood dialysis.

The Role of Chronic Renal Disease on the Linking Obesity/Hypertension.

Obesity is accompanied by several disorders. This study investigated the role of chronic renal disease on the linking obesity/hypertension (HTN). It also considered the importance of visceral obesity on renal disease with or without HTN.

Protein intake, chronic renal disease progression and cardiovascular morbidity.

It has been suggested that the lowering of dietary protein reduces the progression of CKD, despite it has been also reported that higher intake of total protein was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular morbidity.The role of protein intake is equivocal in clinical outcomes including the renal and cardiovascular disease worsening, metabolic acidosis and bone abnormalities.The modification of both amount and sources of protein intake could influence the renal and cardiovascular deterioration.

Serum phosphate and chronic kidney and cardiovascular disease: Phosphorus potential implications in general population.

It has already been established that in end-stage renal disease, hyperphosphatemia causes soft tissue calcification including vascular calcifications. It has also been supported that there is a connection between increased serum phosphate and morbidity in subjects, who suffer from renal disease. However, studies in these populations conferred mixed results.

Importance of serum phosphate in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus.

Background: Metabolic disturbances including changes in serum calcium, magnesium or phosphate (P) influence the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). We assessed the importance of serum P in elderly patients with type 2 DM non-diabetes mellitus (non-DM) in relation to renal function.

Aim: To determine the association between serum P and serum glucose or insulin resistance in diabetic and non-diabetic patients.