Serum phosphate varies with degree of proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome and is associated with elevated pulse wave velocity.
Conclusions: In this cohort of patients with the nephrotic syndrome serum phosphate was commonly elevated, despite well preserved eGFR, which was significantly and independently associated with elevated PWV over follow-up.
PMID: 22684656 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)