Inflammation modifies the association of osteoprotegerin with mortality in chronic kidney disease.
Conclusions: Elevated OPG levels are associated with surrogate markers of inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress and CVD in CKD patients. Moreover, inflammation and OPG levels seem to have additive effects on survival.
PMID: 19967657 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)