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Trial reportClinical and experimental medicine2022

Omega 3 fatty acids effect on the vascular calcification biomarkers fetuin A and osteoprotegerin in hemodialysis patients.

Rehab H Werida, Sohaila Abou-Madawy, Mohamed Abdelsalam, Maged W Helmy

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical and experimental medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rehab H WeridaClinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22514, Egypt. rehabwrieda@pharm.dmu.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-3993
Sohaila Abou-MadawyClinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22514, Egypt.
Mohamed AbdelsalamNephrology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Maged W HelmyPharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22514, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0375-6762
Damanhour University · EGAlexandria University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic renal failure patients on dialysis are at a high risk of death due to vascular calcification. This study aimed at investigating the effect of omega-3 fatty acids on the vascular calcification biomarkers fetuin-A and osteoprotegerin (OPG) in patients with chronic renal failure who are undergoing hemodialysis. This prospective, open-label, controlled, parallel study included 60 hemodialysis patients who were randomized to receive either omega-3 fatty acids capsule along with their standard care of treatment (omega-3 group) or their standard care of treatment only (control group). Serum levels of fetuin-A, OPG, calcium, phosphorus, hemoglobin, parathyroid hormone, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), albumin, serum creatinine (SCr), and serum triglycerides (TG) were measured at baseline and after six months of intervention and follow-up of both groups. Significantly increased levels of fetuin-A and OPG (p < 0.001) were observed in the omega-3 group six months after the intervention compared with the control group. Levels of TG, albumin, SCr, BUN, phosphorous, calcium, hemoglobin, and parathyroid hormone were not significantly different in the omega-3 group compared with the control group after six months of intervention. Our study concluded that omega-3 may have a clinically beneficial effect in decreasing cardiovascular events by increasing the levels of the protective vascular calcification inhibitors fetuin-A and osteoprotegerin in chronic renal failure patients who are undergoing hemodialysis.

Indexed as

Fatty Acids, Omega-3Kidney Failure, ChronicRenal Insufficiency, ChronicVascular CalcificationAlbuminsalpha-2-HS-GlycoproteinBiomarkersCalciumFemaleHumansOsteoprotegerinParathyroid HormoneProspective StudiesRenal DialysisAHSG protein, humanAlbuminsalpha-2-HS-GlycoproteinBiomarkersCalciumFatty Acids, Omega-3OsteoprotegerinParathyroid HormoneTNFRSF11B protein, humanCRFFetuin-AHemodialysisOmega-3 fatty acidsOsteoprotegerin (OPG)Vascular calcification

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