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Relationship between parathyroid hormone and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in hemodialysis patients with
Keiji Kono1, Hideki Fujii2, Kentaro Watanabe2
1Division of Nephrology and Kidney Center, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan. kkono@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
Introduction:
Hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is associated with mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in dialysis patients. However, its mechanism is still unclear. It is suspected that parathyroid hormone (PTH) is associated with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) as a possible mechanism. Thus, we examined their hormonal interaction in hemodialysis patients with secondary HPT.
Materials And Methods:
Seventeen hemodialysis patients with HPT were included. All patients underwent total parathyroidectomy (PTx). Serum intact PTH (iPTH), calcium and phosphate levels, plasma renin activity (PRA), and plasma aldosterone levels (ALD) were measured pre- and post-PTx.
Results:
Pre-serum iPTH tended to be correlated with pre-PRA and were significantly correlated with pre-ALD (pre-PRA: r = 0.44, p = 0.07, pre-ALD: r = 0.49, p < 0.05). With the reduction in serum iPTH after PTx, PRA and ALD significantly decreased after PTx. Additionally, the change in serum iPTH tended to be correlated with the changes in PRA and ALD (PRA; r = 0.46, p = 0.05, ALD; r = 0.45, p = 0.06).
Conclusion:
Our results suggest that PTH could be interrelated with RAAS in hemodialysis patients with secondary HPT.
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