High Fetuin-A Level as a Protective Factor to Abdominal Aortic Calcification in Indonesian Regular Hemodialysis Patients

Although the prevalence of cardiovascular disease decreases in the general population, this pattern is not followed in hemodialysis patients. Hence cardiovascular events still occur in 50% of cases resulting in hemodialysis patients. One of the risk factors is vascular calcification. The pathogenesis is not yet fully understood, but recent years studies have shown that vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease (CKD) occurs as a result of the interaction of stimulatory and inhibitory factors. One of the inhibitory factors is Fetuin-A. Until now there has been no data on levels of Fetuin-A as a risk factor for abdominal aortic calcification in Indonesia