Advanced glycation end products (AGE) and receptor for AGE (RAGE) in patients with active tuberculosis, and their relationship between food intake and nutritional status.
Lívia Fontes da SilvaErika Cavalheiro SkupienTássia Kirchmann LazzariSizuane Rieger HollerEllis Gabriela Correa de AlmeidaLuísa Rebechi ZampieriSandra Eugênia CoutinhoMichael AndradesDenise Rossato SilvaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
TB patients had higher sRAGE levels than controls, although it is not clear that this difference is clinically relevant. Also, sRAGE was associated with weight loss and mortality.
Keyphrases
- body mass index
- weight loss
- end stage renal disease
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- bariatric surgery
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- coronary artery disease
- hiv aids
- patient reported outcomes
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- patient reported
- drug induced