title: Correlation between oxidized low-density lipoprotein and other factors in patients on peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL) has been related with progression of atherosclerosis. Some studies reported increased Ox-LDL levels in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The levels of Ox-LDL in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients have not yet been clarified. We measured Ox-LDL in PD patients and investigated the related factors. We measured plasma Ox-LDL, total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), and LDL-cholesterol (LDL-c) levels in 18 PD patients (mean age: 55.5 +/- 9.8 years; mean duration of dialysis: 2.7 +/- 1.4 years) and in 24 HD patients as controls. We compared Ox-LDL levels in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and ischemic heart disease (IHD). And we looked at the correlation between Ox-LDL levels and adequacy of PD. Levels of Ox-LDL were significantly higher in the PD patients (2.24 +/- 1.14 ng/microgram LDL protein) than in the HD patients (1.43 +/- 0.90 ng/microgram LDL protein), and other lipids were higher in the PD patients. The Ox-LDL did not correlate with other lipids. The Ox-LDL levels of the PD patients with DM or IHD were higher than those of non DM or non IHD patients. The adequacy of PD did not correlate with Ox-LDL. Patients on PD, especially those with DM or IHD, showed elevated Ox-LDL levels. Special attention should be paid to the level of Ox-LDL and atherosclerosis in PD patients.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's International Hospital, Kidney Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Miyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Futatsuyama
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oiwa
authors.forename: Yosuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komatsu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000097:blood; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; C099252:oxidized low density lipoprotein; D002784:Cholesterol