Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A predicts survival in end-stage renal disease—confounding and modifying effects of cardiovascular disease, body composition and inflammation

Erik Nilsson,Yang Cao,Bengt Lindholm,Ayane Ohyama,Juan Jesús Carrero,Abdul Rashid Qureshi,Peter Stenvinkel

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A predicts survival in end-stage renal disease—confounding and modifying effects of cardiovascular disease, body composition and inflammation

2017

Erik Nilsson
Yang Cao
Bengt Lindholm
Ayane Ohyama
Juan Jesús Carrero
Abdul Rashid Qureshi
Peter Stenvinkel

Background: High pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) levels are linked to atherosclerosis and associate with increased mortality in prevalent dialysis patients. We investigated associati ...

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Inflammation
Diabetes mellitus
Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A
Disease
Endocrinology
Confounding
Internal medicine
Medicine
Hazard ratio
Survival analysis
Intensive care medicine
Gastroenterology
Dialysis
Confidence interval
end stage renal disease

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