Consistent with previous studies, our patients in the high arterial stiffness group showed significantly higher serum OPG levels that, after being categorized into tertiles, demonstrated a significant trend with central arterial stiffness after complete adjustment of potential confounding factors, analyzed as either continuous or dichotomous outcome variable.
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Serum osteoprotegerin is an independent marker of central arterial stiffness as assessed using carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity in hemodialysis patients: a cross sectional study.
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