Associations of Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality with Metabolic Syndrome in Hemodialysis Patients: A Prospective Single-Center Study.

Conclusions: The study demonstrates that MetS is widespread in HD patients. In future, the focus must be on an active screening approach, and treatment of cardiometabolic risk factors, aiming to reduce mortality.
PMID: 31623292 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - October 15, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Dimitrijevic Z, Jovanovic A, Cvetkovic M, Vrecic T, Kostic E, Mitic B Tags: Medicina (Kaunas) Source Type: research