title: Relationship between adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors in prevalent hemodialysis patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients, whereas CV risk increases with BMI in the general population. In the general population, obesity is associated with inflammation, decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and triglycerides (TGs), all risk factors for CV disease. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol does not predict CV risk in HD, whereas increased C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 (IL-6), low HDL and apolipoprotein (apo) AI, and increased fasting TGs do predict risk. Renal failure is associated with dyslipidemia and inflammation in normal-weight patients. We hypothesized that the effects of obesity may be obscured by renal failure in HD.
  
  
  METHODS
  We explored the relationship between adipose tissue pools and distribution, i.e., subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) (measured by magnetic resonance imaging) and measures of inflammation (C-reactive protein, IL-6, ceruloplasmin, and alpha1 acid glycoprotein), HDL and LDL cholesterol, total TGs, apo AI, apo B, apo CII (an activator of lipoprotein lipase), apo CIII (an inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase), and the adipokines, leptin and adiponectin, in 48 patients with prevalent HD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Total TG concentrations were positively correlated with VAT controlled for age, sex, and weight. Both apo CII and apo CIII were correlated only with VAT. Adiponectin was inversely correlated with VAT, and leptin was positively associated with SAT. C-reactive protein and alpha1 acid glycoprotein were weakly associated with SAT, whereas ceruloplasmin was strongly associated with VAT according to multiple regression analysis. In contrast, apo B, LDL, apo AI, HDL, and IL-6 were not correlated with any measure of body composition, potentially mitigating the effects of obesity in HD.
authors: Renal Research Institute, New York, New York, USA. gakaysen@ucdavis.edu
authors: George A
authors: GA
authors: Kaysen
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Kotanko
authors: Fansan
authors: F
authors: Zhu
authors: Shubho R
authors: SR
authors: Sarkar
authors: Steven B
authors: SB
authors: Heymsfield
authors: Martin K
authors: MK
authors: Kuhlmann
authors: Tjien
authors: T
authors: Dwyer
authors: Len
authors: L
authors: Usvyat
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Havel
authors: Nathan W
authors: NW
authors: Levin
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood; D050154:Adiposity; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000097:blood; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000032:analysis; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D050151:Subcutaneous Fat; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D015850:Interleukin-6; D020738:Leptin; D014280:Triglycerides; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D002570:Ceruloplasmin