1C.09: SERUM RESISTIN AS AN INDEPENDENT BIOMARKER ASSOCIATED WITH ALL-CAUSE AND CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN ELDERLY HYPERTENSIVE, NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD).

Objective:Hypertensive patients with CKD present an increased risk for cardiovascular mortality. Among the proteins synthesized and released from adipose tissue, resistin is a cytokine whose physiologic role has been the subject of much research and controversy. We and others have demonstrated that