INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, vol.44, no.6, pp.1847-1853, 2012 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Introduction Vascular calcification is frequent in dialysis patients and is associated with increased mortality. Impaired glucose metabolism is proposed as a contributing factor for vascular calcification. We investigated whether glucose exposure via dialysate may have a role in vascular calcification in nondiabetic peritoneal dialysis patients.