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Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and inflammatory markers in hemodialysis-treated patients
Chunlei Luo1, Xueyan Bian1, Lingling Bao1
1Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Objective:
To investigate the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) level with novel inflammatory markers in hemodialysis-treated patients.
Methods:
A total of 167 maintenance hemodialysis-treated patients were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. The patients were divided into vitamin D deficiency (a serum 25(OH)D level <20 ng/mL) and nondeficiency (a serum 25(OH)D level ≥20 ng/mL) groups. The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and monocyte to lymphocyte ratio (MLR) were calculated by the complete blood cell count. The relationship between 25(OH)D level with other parameters was assessed by bivariate correlation analysis and linear regression analysis.
Results:
There were significant differences between the two groups in terms of age, diabetes, levels of albumin, creatinine, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) as well as NLR and MLR (p = .004, p = .031, p < .001, p = .043, p = .008, p = .006, p = .002, and p < .001, respectively). There exist negative correlations between serum 25(OH)D level with age, diabetes, alkaline phosphatase level, NLR, PLR, and MLR (p = .002, p = .002, p = .037, p = .001, p = .041, and p < .001, respectively) and positive correlations between serum 25(OH)D level with albumin level, creatinine level, phosphorus level, HDL-C, and LDL-C (p < .001, p < .001, p = .013, p = .02, p = .002, respectively). Multiple analysis results showed that sex, diabetes, albumin level and NLR were independently associated with serum 25(OH)D level (p = .021, p = .015, p = .033, and p = .041, respectively). High values of NLR and MLR were associated with patients with serum 25(OH)D deficiency. There were negative interplays between serum 25(OH) D level with NLR, PLR, and MLR and also an independent association between serum 25(OH) D level with NLR.
Conclusion:
Collectively, serum 25(OH)D level has a negative correlation with inflammatory markers.
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