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ArticleScientific reports2025

Improved survival with high albumin leakage in patients with protein-energy wasting and inflammation on hemodialysis and online hemodiafiltration.

Kazuyoshi Okada, Manabu Tashiro, Hiroyuki Michiwaki, Sumiyo Yamaguchi, Tomoko Inoue, Takahiro Kuragano, Jun Minakuchi

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Kazuyoshi OkadaDepartment of Nephrology, Kawashima Hospital, 6-1 Kitasakoichiban-cho, Tokushima, 770-0011, Japan. kokada@ckdjapan.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-0725-2688
Manabu TashiroDepartment of Nephrology, Kawashima Hospital, 6-1 Kitasakoichiban-cho, Tokushima, 770-0011, Japan.
Hiroyuki MichiwakiDepartment of Clinical Engineering, Kawashima Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
Sumiyo YamaguchiDepartment of Nephrology, Kawashima Hospital, 6-1 Kitasakoichiban-cho, Tokushima, 770-0011, Japan.
Tomoko InoueDepartment of Nephrology, Kawashima Hospital, 6-1 Kitasakoichiban-cho, Tokushima, 770-0011, Japan.
Takahiro KuraganoDivision of Kidney, Dialysis and Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan. kuragano@hyo-med.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6453-3824
Jun MinakuchiDepartment of Nephrology, Kawashima Hospital, 6-1 Kitasakoichiban-cho, Tokushima, 770-0011, Japan.

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Abstract

Albumin leakage (Alb-L) and serum albumin (S-Alb) levels are predictors of mortality in dialysis patients. Because protein-energy wasting (PEW) and inflammation reduce hepatic albumin synthesis, we hypothesized that mortality would differ based on Alb-L and/or S-Alb levels, depending on the presence of PEW and inflammation. This retrospective study included 738 super high-flux hemodialysis (SHF HD) and online hemodiafiltration (OHDF) patients. Three-year all-cause mortality was compared in patients without PEW and inflammation (Group 1) and with PEW and/or inflammation (Group 2) using a propensity score matching model and Cox regression analysis with adjustment. In Group 2, mortality in patients with "high Alb-L" or "high S-Alb" was significantly lower in comparison to low groups, but not in Group 1. In Group 2, mortality in the "high Alb-L" and "high S-Alb (3.5 ± 0.2 g/dL)" group was lower than in other groups, including Group 1, except for the "high Alb-L" and "low S-Alb (3.2 ± 0.2 g/dL)" group, which had no deaths. In SHF HD and OHDF patients with PEW and/or inflammation, "high Alb-L" with normoalbuminemia to mild hypoalbuminemia improved survival to a level similar to patients without PEW and inflammation. Additionally, Alb-L and/or S-Alb had little impact on mortality in patients without PEW and inflammation.

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HemodiafiltrationInflammationKidney Failure, ChronicProtein-Energy MalnutritionRenal DialysisSerum AlbuminAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSerum AlbuminAlbumin leakageDialysisHypoalbuminemiaInflammationProtein-energy wasting

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PMID40751051
PMCPMC12316848

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