Gut Microbiota and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Hemodialysis Patients

Gut Microbiota and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

NT-proBNP, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, and Nutritional Status in Hemodialysis Patients

BACKGROUND We aimed to evaluate the association between NT-proBNP and malnutrition in HD patients while taking into account the four established categories of parameters for diagnosis of protein energy wasting (PEW). METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in Afro-Caribbean dialysis patients. One component in each of the 4 categories for the wasting syndrome was retained: serum albumin ...

Psychobiotics and Brain-Gut Microbiota Axis

Fermented foods containing probiotic bacteria have been used for many years to improve the health or treatment of some diseases. Nowadays, the Therapeutic properties of probiotics are becoming more and more obvious to everyone, insofar as in recent years, more attention has been paid to the potential relation between gut microbiota and mental health. Several studies have shown that intestinal m...

Carotid artery Intima-Media thickness and cardiovascular risk factors in chronic hemodialysis patients

Introduction: Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT) correlates with cardiovascular mortality in patients under hemodialysis. In this investigation, we evaluated relationship between CCA-IMT with dependent and independent cardiovascular risk factors in chronic hemodialysis patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 51 chronic hemodialysis patients, (31 males and 20 fema...

Aldosterone & Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

886 The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) is a dynamic hormonal system. The manner in which the RAAS responds to physiological provocations, such as dietary sodium modulation, characterizes RAAS physiology and abnormalities in RAAS regulation may be associated with cardiometabolic diseases. This is highlighted in the literature that links aldosterone, using single cross-sectional meas...