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Erschienen in: Osteoporosis International 3/2015

01.03.2015 | Original Article

Increased undercarboxylated osteocalcin/intact osteocalcin ratio in patients undergoing hemodialysis

verfasst von: Y. Nagata, M. Inaba, Y. Imanishi, H. Okazaki, S. Yamada, K. Mori, S. Shoji, H. Koyama, S. Okuno

Erschienen in: Osteoporosis International | Ausgabe 3/2015

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Abstract

Summary

Serum undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC)/intact osteocalcin (iOC) ratio increased >1.0 in the patients undergoing hemodialysis, particularly in those with high bone turnover state. Consequently, serum ucOC/iOC ratio might lose its significance as a bone metabolic marker to indicate vitamin K deficiency in hemodialysis patients.

Introduction

Serum intact osteocalcin (iOC), undercarboxylated OC (ucOC), and the ucOC/iOC ratio are considered clinically relevant indices in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients, despite their accumulation in uremic serum.

Methods

Serum iOC and ucOC were measured along with serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP), and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRACP)-5b in 89 pre-dialysis CKD and 189 HD patients.

Results

Serum iOC and ucOC showed significantly negative correlations with estimated glomerular filtration rate in pre-dialysis CKD patients, although serum ucOC/iOC ratio did not correlate. Serum ucOC was significantly greater in HD patients than in pre-dialysis CKD patients, while serum iOC did not differ significantly, resulting in serum ucOC/iOC ratio >1.0 in 135 (71.4 %) out of 189 HD patients. HD patients with high serum ucOC/iOC ratio (>1.0) had a significantly younger age and significantly higher values of body mass index, serum creatinine, albumin, phosphate, iPTH, and TRACP-5b than those with low ucOC/iOC ratio (≤1.0). The baseline iPTH and P1NP correlated with the changes of the ucOC/iOC ratio during the 2 days of the inter-dialytic period. Multivariate analysis showed that log [ucOC/iOC] in HD patients was significantly associated with log [iPTH], log [BAP], or log [TRACP-5b].

Conclusions

Serum ucOC/iOC ratio >1.0 was observed in as high as 71.4 % of HD patients, preferentially with high bone turnover state, in comparison with pre-dialysis CKD patients. These data suggested that serum ucOC/iOC ratio might lose its significance as a bone metabolic marker to indicate vitamin K deficiency in HD patients.
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Metadaten
Titel
Increased undercarboxylated osteocalcin/intact osteocalcin ratio in patients undergoing hemodialysis
verfasst von
Y. Nagata
M. Inaba
Y. Imanishi
H. Okazaki
S. Yamada
K. Mori
S. Shoji
H. Koyama
S. Okuno
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2015
Verlag
Springer London
Erschienen in
Osteoporosis International / Ausgabe 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0937-941X
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-2965
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-014-2954-4

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