Background Although progression of coronary artery calcification (CAC) has been established as an important marker for cardiovascular morbidity, very few studies have studied it in end-stage renal disease patients. Thus we examined and evaluate risk factors of calcification changes in dialysis patients. Method Among 28 hemodialysis (HD) patients, CAC was measured in Agatston units at baseline and after five years using the 64 multi-slice ultra-fast CT. The HD patients were classified as progressors or no progressors according to the change in the CAC score across these 2 measurements. Results Over an average 63 months follow-up, participants without CAC at baseline had no incident CAC .The progression of CAC was slow and was found only in 6 patients (21.4%) . It was significantly associated with several cardiovascular risk factors, namely, older age (p=0.03), diabetes (p=0.05), male sex (p=0.02), hypercholesterolemia (p = 0.05), anemia (p=0.017), inflammation (p=0.05), and hyperphosphataemia (p=0.012) . However, calcemia, parathormone levels, dialysis duration, tobacco, high blood pressure and dialysis dose did not seem to influence the progression of CAC in our series. A strong association was found between basal calcification scores and Delta increment at 5 years. Conclusions Our study suggests that CAC progression in dialysis is a complex phenomenon, associated with several risk factors with special regard to elevated basal scores. This progression can be avoided or slowed with appropriate management which must begin in the early stages of chronic kidney disease
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