title: Association of malnutrition-inflammation score, dialysis-malnutrition score and serum albumin with novel risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in hemodialysis patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was designed to investigate the associations between malnutrition-inflammation score (MIS), dialysis-malnutrition score (DMS) and serum albumin with novel risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in hemodialysis (HD) patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional study, 291 HD patients were randomly selected from among 2302 adult HD patients in Tehran HD centers. The MIS and DMS were determined during one of the dialysis sessions in these patients. In addition, 4 mL blood was obtained before dialysis and analyzed for serum albumin and novel risk factors for CVD, including C-reactive protein (CRP), soluble intercellular adhesion molecule type 1 (sICAM-1), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule type 1 (sVCAM-1), sE-selectin, malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO), endothelin-1 and lipoprotein (a) [Lp (a)].
  
  
  RESULTS
  MIS and DMS were significantly positively correlated with serum CRP (p < 0.01) and sICAM-1 (p < 0.01), whereas serum albumin concentration was significantly negatively correlated with serum CRP (p < 0.01) and sICAM-1 (p < 0.01). There were no significant correlations between MIS, DMS and serum albumin with serum concentrations of sVCAM-1, sE-selectin, MDA, NO, endothelin-1 and Lp (a).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study indicates that protein-energy wasting indicators in HD patients are associated with serum CRP and sICAM-1, as two CVD risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran .
authors.forename: Atefeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: As'habi
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tabibi
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hedayati
authors.forename: Mitra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahdavi-Mazdeh
authors.forename: Behnaz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nozary-Heshmati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D019040:E-Selectin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D019040:E-Selectin; C573420:ICAM1 protein, human; D012709:Serum Albumin; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D002097:C-Reactive Protein
keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; dialysis-malnutrition score; hemodialysis; malnutrition-inflammation score; protein-energy wasting; serum albumin