Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is growing worldwide and ranges from 8% to 16%. Mortality rates are higher in the first few months haemodialysis (HD). Protein-energy malnutrition has been demonstrated be a major risk factor for mortality this population. C-Reactive Protein Albumin ratio (CAR) associated with increased risk. We aimed evaluate if CAR co...

AIM To determine the role of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10 and ratio of IL-6/IL-10 as risk factors of symptomatic lumbar osteoarthritis (OA) in postmenopausal women with estrogen deficiency. METHODS Case-control study had been conducted in Sanglah General Hospital from October 2015 until March 2016. The blood samples were obtained and analyzed by enzyme...

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of K/Ca ratios of nutrient solution on physiological traits, cut flower vase life and postharvest changes of rose. The main experiment was factorial based on completely randomized design with two cvs. of rose (Magic Red and Capitol), five K/Ca ratios in the nutrient solution (4:4, 6:4, 6:3, 8:3, 10:2) and three replications. Increasing the ...

Abstract Background and Aims Systemic inflammation - characterized by high interleukin-6 (IL-6) low albumin circulating concentrations associates with worse outcomes in patients kidney failure (KF). We examined the value of IL-6 to ratio (IAR) stratify risk death KF patients. Method In 435 incident dialysis (median age 56 years, 61.8% male, 31% diabetes mellitus (DM), 38.4% cardiovascular (CV) ...