T he optimal management of disordered mineral metabolism in patients with chronic kidney disease has been among the most controversial topics in clinical nephrology during the past decade. The origins of the current controversies can be traced back to the initial reports from large-scale human studies of important associations between individual mineral metabolites—calcium, phosphorus, parathyr...

The role of bicarbonated mineral waters on lipid metabolism and lipoprotein concentrations in man has scarcely been investigated. The present study aimed to investigate whether drinking sodium bicarbonated mineral water affects postprandial cholesterol and triacylglycerol metabolism in postmenopausal women. In a three-way, randomised, crossover study, eighteen healthy postmenopausal women consu...

Background. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) related mineral bone disorders persist after kidney transplantation, but little is known about the relationship between fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) and mineral metabolism in prevalent post-transplant patients. Objectives. To examine mineral metabolism parameters and their relationship to FGF-23 and parathyroid hormone (PTH) in prevalent kidney t...

Correspondence: Mariano Rodríguez Servicio de Nefrología. Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía. REDINREN, IM IBIC, Córdoba. [email protected] The regulation of mineral metabolism is achieved trough a complex interaction of hormonal factors and target organs. Before the discovery of FGF23 we believed that the regulation of serum calcium and phosphate was mainly the result of...

The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of volume and composition of fluid replacement on the physical performance of male football referees. Ten referees were evaluated during three official matches. In one match the participants were asked to consume mineral water ad libitum, and in the others they consumed a pre-determined volume of mineral water or a carbohydrate electrolyt...

Deficiencies of phosphorus, copper, cobalt and selenium are the main mineral deficiencies in southeastern Australia that are likely to affect lactation, growth, carcass composition and wool production of grazing livestock being compared in genetic improvement programs. Genetic variation in mineral nutrition has been recognized from differences in the incidence of mineral disorders between breed...

Disturbances in mineral and bone metabolism are prevalent in chronic kidney disease and an important cause of morbidity, decreased quality of life, and extraskeletal calcification that have been associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)'s Global Mineral and Bone Initiative has sought to update the definition, evaluation, and classifica...