Factors involved in baseline hyperhomocysteinemia in renal transplantation.

Transplant Proc

Renal Transplantation Unit, Nephrology Department, Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain.

Published: November 2005

Hyperhomocysteinemia (hyperHcy) is one cardiovascular risk. The objective of this study was to establish the prevalence demographic, and clinical and analytical factors related to hyperhomocysteinemia among renal transplant patients. The mean Hcy level was 17.3 micromol/L; the prevalence of hyperHcy was 61.2%. The population was categorized as hyperHcy and normal-homocysteinemia (Hcy) patients. Those subjects with hyperHcy were mostly men, with lower intraerythrocyte folate and vitamin B(12) levels, higher fibrinogen levels, and poorer renal function. Multivariate evaluation showed that creatinine clearance, plasma intraerythrocyte folate and vitamin B(12) levels, and plasma fibrinogen levels were independently associated with Hcy levels. Even though the Hcy level was slightly higher among patients who suffered a posttransplantation cardiovascular event, this was statistically significant.

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