Mitochondrial DNA copy number correlates with oxidative stress and predicts mortality in nondiabetic hemodialysis patients.

Conclusions: Nondiabetic hemodialysis patients had higher oxidative stress and mtDNA copy numbers than healthy subjects. The mtDNA copy number correlates with oxidative stress and predicts mortality in nondiabetic hemodialysis patients.
PMID: 20954133 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)