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16704682

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
Vascular access thrombosis (VAT) is an important cause of morbidity for chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients. Some risk factors for VAT have been well-defined for chronic HD patients from western countries. However, only a few such factors have been confirmed for Taiwanese patients. This study attempted to determine the association between hyperhomocysteinaemia and the incidence of VAT for chronic HD patients in Taiwan. We retrospectively enrolled a total of 196 patients into this study during 2003. The patients were separated into VAT (n = 142) and control (n = 54) group. The participants of the VAT group were identified as those having one or more VAT, and the participants of the control group were those with no VAT in the past. The mean follow-up period was 48 months. The mean serum homocysteine levels were 29.5 +/- 9.6 and 29.1 +/- 9.5 micromol/l for the VAT (n = 142) and the control (n = 54) group, respectively. There was no significant difference in the level of homocysteine between the VAT and the control group (p = 0.70). Female chronic HD patients had significantly greater mean total homocysteine levels than male (30.89 micromol/l, 95% CI 28.84-32.94 vs. 28.06 micromol/l, 95% CI 26.32-29.82, respectively, p = 0.038). That synthetic graft was a significant risk factor for VAT was determined using multivariate logistic regression analysis. There was no association between serum total homocysteine levels and the incidence of VAT in chronic HD patients in Taiwan.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1368-5031
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1596-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Hyperhomocysteinaemia and vascular access thrombosis among chronic hemodialysis patients in Taiwan: a retrospective study.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article