[Plasma hydroxyproline in chronic renal failure (author's transl)]

The plasma concentration of hydroxyproline fractions were determined in 50 adult patients with renal insufficiency and 19 patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis treatment. Free and peptide bound hydroxyproline fractions (total hydroxyproline) were elevated, the protein bound hydroxyproline (hypro-protein) was only slightly increased without significant correlation to the degree of renal insufficiency. The total hydroxyproline correlated only with the level of the alkaline phosphatase. The validity of the single fractions of hydroxyproline in plasma as parameter of the renal osteodystrophy is discussed.