Dimethylarginine levels and nutritional status in hemodialysis patients.

Conclusions: Our results confirm that ADMA and SDMA levels are increased in ESRD patients and suggest that a link may exist with inflammation and nutritional status. High ADMA levels associated with reduced SDMA may be a predictive marker of malnutrition-inflammation-atherosclerosis syndrome.
PMID: 19809995 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)