Stopped: insufficient patients with CKD willing to be injected with heparin
Approximately 20 million people in the United States have some form of kidney failure. People with kidney failure have an increased chance of having low levels of high density lipid (HDL), so called "good cholesterol." Patients who are overweight or obese also have low levels of HDL. The investigators are trying to find out whether causes of low HDL are the same in people who are overweight and in patients with kidney failure so that in the future doctors can better treat low HDL cholesterol levels. People with low levels of HDL are more likely to have heart attacks and strokes and are more likely to lose kidney function. This study hope to learn more about how kidney failure causes low HDL cholesterol levels.
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HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) Level in Control and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD 3b, 4, 5) Groups
Timeframe: HDL (high density lipoprotein) (mg/dL) -- this is a cross sectional study; only one measurement collected, termed "baseline"
LDL Level in Control and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD3b, CKD4, CKD5) Groups
Timeframe: This is a cross sectional study; only one measurement collected, termed "baseline"
C Reactive Protein (CRP) Level in Control and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD3b, CKD4, CKD5) Groups
Timeframe: This is a cross sectional study; only one measurement collected, termed "baseline"
Body Mass Index (BMI) in Control and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD3b, CKD4, CKD5) Groups
Timeframe: This is a cross sectional study; only one measurement collected, termed "baseline"
Insulin Level in Control and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD3b, CKD4, CKD5) Groups
Timeframe: This is a cross sectional study; only one measurement collected, termed "baseline"
LCAT Activity (Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyltransferase) in Control and Chronic Kidney Disease Groups, Mainly to CKD3b, CKD4
Timeframe: This is a cross sectional study; only one measurement collected, termed "baseline"
CETP Activity (Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyltransferase) in Control and Chronic Kidney Disease Groups, Mainly to CKD3b, CKD4
Timeframe: This is a cross sectional study; only one measurement collected, termed "baseline"