Elevated serum parathyroid hormone is a cardiovascular risk factor in moderate chronic kidney disease
2012
Introduction
Over 8% of adults in the United States are estimated to have moderate (stages 3 and 4) chronic kidney disease (CKD), which is increasingly recognized as one of the independent predictors for cardiovascular (CV) disease and related mortality. Secondary hyperparathyroidism with elevated serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) is associated with increased CV mortality in end-stage renal disease and this relationship is unclear in moderate CKD.
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