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Blood Aluminum Levels in Patients with Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis

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  • Po-Hsun Chuang

    (Department of Nephrology, Clinical Poison Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan
    College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan)

  • Kai-Fan Tsai

    (College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan)

  • I-Kuan Wang

    (Department of Nephrology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan
    College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 406, Taiwan)

  • Ya-Ching Huang

    (College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan)

  • Lan-Mei Huang

    (Department of Nephrology, Clinical Poison Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan)

  • Shou-Hsuan Liu

    (Department of Nephrology, Clinical Poison Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan
    College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan)

  • Cheng-Hao Weng

    (Department of Nephrology, Clinical Poison Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan
    College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan)

  • Wen-Hung Huang

    (Department of Nephrology, Clinical Poison Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan
    College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan)

  • Ching-Wei Hsu

    (Department of Nephrology, Clinical Poison Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan
    College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan)

  • Wen-Chin Lee

    (College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan)

  • Tzung-Hai Yen

    (Department of Nephrology, Clinical Poison Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan
    College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan)

Abstract

Background. This retrospective observational study attempted to examine the prevalence of abnormal blood aluminum levels in dialysis patients, and to explore the association of pathogenic factors, such as demographic, clinical, laboratory as well as the use of phosphate binding drugs, drugs for secondary hyperparathyroidism and erythropoiesis-stimulating drugs with the blood aluminum levels. Methods. The study included 1175 patients (874 hemodialysis and 301 peritoneal dialysis), recruited from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in November 2020. Patients were stratified into two groups by their blood aluminum levels, as normal (<2 µg/dL, n = 1150) or abnormal (≥2 µg/dL, n = 25). Results. The patients aged 60.4 ± 13.2 years and were dialyzed for 8.6 ± 8.1 years. The average blood aluminum level was 1.0 ± 0.4 µg/dL. Patients with abnormal blood aluminum levels received more sevelamer than patients with normal blood aluminum level ( p = 0.014). Patients with abnormal blood aluminum levels had higher platelet count ( p = 0.001), triglyceride ( p < 0.001) and total iron binding capacity ( p = 0.003) than patients with normal blood aluminum levels. Moreover, the cardiothoracic ratio was higher in patients with abnormal blood aluminum levels than patients with normal blood aluminum levels ( p = 0.003). Conclusions. The prevalence of abnormal blood aluminum levels was low at 2.2%. Nevertheless, the linking of cardiothoracic ratio of more than 0.5 as well as elevated blood platelet count and triglyceride level with blood aluminum levels are interesting, and warranted more researches in this area.

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  • Po-Hsun Chuang & Kai-Fan Tsai & I-Kuan Wang & Ya-Ching Huang & Lan-Mei Huang & Shou-Hsuan Liu & Cheng-Hao Weng & Wen-Hung Huang & Ching-Wei Hsu & Wen-Chin Lee & Tzung-Hai Yen, 2022. "Blood Aluminum Levels in Patients with Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-12, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:7:p:3885-:d:778865
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