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Progression of coronary artery calcification in chronic kidney disease: nonlinear associations with serum magnesium and parathyroid hormone

Paper C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study followed people with kidney disease to see how calcium buildup in the heart's arteries grows over time. It looked at how that growth relates to blood magnesium and parathyroid hormone, a hormone that controls calcium. The links it reports are curved rather than straight-line, and they show an association, not proof of cause. The abstract was not available, so we could not check the numbers.

Who did this work

Yutong Chen (Dalian Medical University) · Wenhao Qiu (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications) · Yinglan Shu (Dalian Medical University) · Lifeng Lu (Dalian Medical University) · Yindeng Luo (Dalian Medical University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-15
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2026.1910302