Hormone to Predict Death Risks

Till now, doctors have relied on measuring the plasma phosphorus levels to determine whether the patients suffering from kidney disease requite dialysis or, not. Greater the phosphorus levels are, urgent is the need for dialysis. Now a hormone has been identified whose levels in plasma increase long before plasma phosphorus levels shoot up. The hormone is fibroblast growth factor (FGF-23). This is an important finding as diabetes and kidney disease are on the increase world over.The hormone levels also are good indicators of increased risk for death from heart attacks.