Targeting Parathyroid Hormone Level in Diabetic Patients With Stage 3 to 5 Chronic Kidney Disease: Does Metabolic Syndrome Matter?

Elsurer R. , Afsar B. , GÜNER E., YILDIZ I.

JOURNAL OF RENAL NUTRITION, vol.21, no.3, pp.219-225, 2011 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1053/j.jrn.2010.04.006
  • Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF RENAL NUTRITION
  • Page Numbers: pp.219-225

Abstract

Objectives: Patients with type 2 diabetes have lower intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) levels when compared with non-diabetics. Patients with metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) have increased iPTH levels than normal subjects. We hypothesized that patients with type 2 diabetes and MetSyn might have higher iPTH levels as compared with those without MetSyn.