Malnutrition inflammation score is associated with coronary artery disease in hepatitis C virus-infected hemodialysis patients

Elsurer, Rengin; Afsar, Barış; Sezer, S.; Arat, Z.; Ozdemir, F.; Haberal, M.

doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602867

Malnutrition inflammation score is associated with coronary artery disease in hepatitis C virus-infected hemodialysis patients

Elsurer R. , Afsar B. , Sezer S., Arat Z., Ozdemir F. N. , Haberal M.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, vol.62, no.12, pp.1449-1454, 2008 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 62 Issue: 12
Publication Date: 2008
Doi Number: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602867
Title of Journal : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Page Numbers: pp.1449-1454

Abstract

Objective: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection exerts diverse effects on atherogenesis. We investigated whether malnutrition inflammation score (MIS) is associated with the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in anti-HCV-positive hemodialysis (HD) patients.