title: Correlation of anemia, secondary hyperparathyroidism with left ventricular hypertrophy in Chronic Kidney Disease patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate the correlation of anemia and intact parathormone with left ventricular hypertrophy in a cohort of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients in a tertiary care centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was done over 2 years on 230 renal failure patients (160 males, 70 females), aged 15-75 years, who had elevated serum creatinine and reduced GFR. The patients were assessed based on clinical history and a number of laboratory parameters including serum creatinine, calcium, iPTH level, Hb, Hct, GFR and LVMI. Settings : Patients were seen as inpatients and outpatients in a tertiary care centre.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In CKD stages I, II and III, 51% of the patients had anemia Hb<11gm/dl), 16%of the patients had elevated iPTH, 79% of male patients and 71% of female patients had LVH. In Stage IV CKD, 55% of the patients had anemia, 25% of the patients had elevated iPTH, 74% of male patients and 100% of female patients had LVH. In stage V CKD, 76% of the patients had anemia, 31% of the patients had elevated iPTH, 77% of male patients and 96% of female patients had LVH. In all five stages, 78% of male patients and 71% of female patients with elevated iPTH had LVH, 81% of male patients and 90% of female patients with anemia had LVH. Systemic hypertension was present in 69% of the patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anemia is widely prevalent in our cohort of CKD patients. Severity of anemia is correlated to LVH and secondary hyperparathyroidism in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai.
authors.forename: Sanchari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Milly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Somasundaram
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Muralidharan
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moorthy
authors.lastname: Sathyasekaran
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leslie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index