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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Quest Diagnostics Investments Llc, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute AT Harbor—ucla Medical Center (La Biomed), Torrance, CA (US);
Kamyar Kalantar-Zedeh, Torrance, CA (US);
Michael P. Caulfield, Oceanside, CA (US);
Wael A. Salameh, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods for determining the overall survival of maintenance hemodialysis patients. The methods include measuring low density lipoprotein (LDL) particle size and subfraction concentrations as prognostic tools for early mortality risk detection. For example, the presence of increased very small LDL concentration or decreased LDL particle size in blood-serum serves as a useful means for prognostic risk assessment and monitoring.