Serum Myostatin at Dialysis Initiation May Predict 1-Year Mortality and Hospitalization
Midori Sakashita,
Yoshifumi Hamasaki,
Rikako Oki
et al.
Abstract:Objective: Myostatin, which is known as a negative skeleton muscle regulator, is associated with mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients. However, the significance of serum myostatin concentrations at dialysis initiation has not been established. We investigated the relation between serum myostatin concentrations and mortality or hospitalization within one year in incident dialysis patients.
Methods: After a patient initiating hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis during 2016–2018 was enrolled, the patien… Show more
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