PubMed ID:
11737611
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2001
Affiliation: Division of Nephrology Department of Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA. gakaysen@ucdavis.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00052.x
Authors:
Dubin JA,
HEMO Group,
Kaysen GA,
Levin NW,
Mitch WE,
Müller HG
Studies:
Hemodialysis Study
Serum albumin concentration predicts mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. While serum albumin concentration correlates with serum concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP) and is dependent upon CRP in multiple regression models in cross sectional studies, CRP does not predict future albumin levels, possibly because CRP changes rapidly, yielding large month-to-month variability in CRP. If inflammation causes rather than is simply associated with hypoalbuminemia, then changes in the levels of acute phase proteins should precede changes in serum albumin concentration.