title: Comparative study between intact PTH and fragments of PTH in patients on hemodialysis and CAPD.
abstract: Twenty-nine patients on hemodialysis (HD) and 29 patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) were studied. Serum calcium and phosphorous levels were similar in the 2 groups. Serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels were determined by 4 different methods. Mid-molecule PTH levels were higher in HD (1099.5 +/- 876.8 pmol/L) than in CAPD patients (541.0 +/- 138.8 pmol/L), p less than 0.001, while intact PTH levels were similar. The ratio MM-PTH/Intact PTH was higher in HD (55.2 +/- 29.0) than in CAPD patients (39.0 +/- 20.0), where p less than 0.01. In patients with similar C-PTH, those on CAPD had higher levels of intact PTH (46.0 +/- 27.0 pmol/L) than those in HD (29.3 +/- 29.0 pmol/L), p less than 0.01. The ratio C-PTH/intact PTH was higher in HD (104.9 +/- 39.6) than in CAPD patients (59.3 +/- 32.3), p less than 0.001. The Peritoneal Saturation Index (PSI) of MM-PTH was 23.4 +/- 12%, and it showed a hyperbolic correlation in respect to MM-PTH serum levels. We concluded that CAPD can modify the plasma C-PTH and MM-PTH serum levels by peritoneal losses of these fragments.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry and Nephrology Service, Hospital La Paz Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ausejo
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Miguel
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balaguer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Catalan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selgas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010446:Peptide Fragments