<p>Selected Publications:<br /> <br /><strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Eustace JA, Plantinga L, Jaar BG, Fink NE, Klag MJ, Coresh J, Powe NR. Changes in Serum Calcium, Phosphate and PTH and the Risk of Death in Incident Dialysis Patients: A Longitudinal Study. Kidney Int 2006 Jul;70(2):351-7.<br /> <br />Gupta R, Plantinga LC, Fink NE, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Coresh J, Fox CS, Levin NW, Powe NR. Statin use and hospitalization for sepsis in patients with chronic kidney disease. JAMA 2007 Apr 4;297(13):1455-64.<br /> <br />Hailpern SM, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Cohen HW, Hostetter T. Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease and Cognitive Function in Adults 20-59 Years of Age (NHANES III). J Am Soc Nephrol 2007 Jul;18(7):2205-13.<br /> <br /><strong>Melamed ML,</strong> Eustace JA, Plantinga LC, Jaar BG, Fink NE, Parekh RS, Coresh J, Yang Z, Cantor T, Powe NR. Third-Generation Parathyroid Hormone Assays and All-Cause Mortality in Incident Dialysis Patients: The CHOICE Study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 May; 23(5):1650-8.</p>
<p><strong>Melamed ML*, </strong>Muntner P*, Michos ED, Uribarri J, Weber C, Sharma J, Raggi P. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels and the Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease: Results from NHANES 2001-2004. Atheroscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Jun;28(6)1179-85.<br /> <br /><strong>Melamed ML*, </strong>Michos ED*, Post W, Astor B. 25-Hydroxyl Vitamin D Levels and the Risk of Mortality in the General Population. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Aug 11;168(15):1629-37.<br /> <br />Shah S, Abramowitz M, Hostetter TH, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Serum Bicarbonate Levels and the Progression of Kidney Disease: A Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Aug;54(2):270-7.<br /> <br />Kumar J, Muntner P, Kaskel FJ, Hailpern SM, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Prevalence and Associations of 25- Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency in Children and Adolescents in the United States: Results from NHANES 2001-2004. Pediatrics. Aug 3 2009. Electronic pages.<br /> <br />Plantinga LC, Fink NE, Coresh J, Sozio SM, Parekh RS, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Powe NR, Jaar BG. Peripheral vascular disease-related procedures in dialysis patients: predictors and prognosis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Oct;4 (10):1637-45.<br /> <br />Tonelli M, Curhan G, Pfeffer M, Sacks F, Thadhani R, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Wiebe N, Muntner P. Relation Between Alkaline Phosphatase, Serum Phosphate, and All-Cause or Cardiovascular Mortality. Circulation. 2009 Oct. 19 Epub. 2009 Nov 3;120(18):1784-92.<br /> <br /><strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Astor B, Michos ED, Hostetter TH, Powe NR, Muntner P. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels, Race and the Progression of Kidney Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Dec.;20(12) 2631-9.<br /> <br />Abramowitz M, Muntner P, Coco M, Southern W, Lotwin I, Hostetter TH, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Serum alkaline phosphatase and phosphate and risk of mortality and hospitalization. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Apr 8 Epub. 2010 Jun;5(6):1064-71.<br /> <br />Murea M, Park JK, Sharma S, Kato H, Gruenwald A, Niranjan T, Si H, Thomas DB, Pullman JM, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Susztak K. Expression of Notch pathway proteins correlates with albuminuria, glomerulosclerosis, and renal function. Kidney Int. 2010 June 9; 78(5):514-22.<br /> <br /><strong>Melamed ML, </strong>Blackwell T, Neugarten J, Arnsten J, Ensrud K, Ishani A, Cummings S, Silbiger S. Raloxifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, is renoprotective: a post-hoc analysis. Kidney Int. 2011 Jan;79(2):241-9<br /><strong> </strong><br />O’ Seaghdha CM, Hwang S-J, Muntner P, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>*, Fox CS*. Serum phosphorus predicts incident Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2011 Sep;26(9):2885-90. Epub 2011 Feb 3.<br /> <br />Abramowitz MK, Hostetter TH, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Association of Serum Bicarbonate Levels with Gait Speed and Quadriceps Strength in Older Adults. Am J Kidney Dis 2011 Feb 25.<br /> <br />Sharief S, Jariwala S, Kumar J, Muntner P, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Vitamin D levels and food and environmental allergies in the United States: Results from NHANES 2005-6. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2011 May;127(5):1195-202. Epub 2011 Feb 16. PMID: 21329969<br /> <br />Skversky AL, Kumar J, Abramowitz MK, Kaskel FJ, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Association of Glucocorticoid Use and Low 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): 2001-2006. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Sept 28. (Epub)<br /> <br />Michos ED, Reis JP, Post WS, Lutsey PL, Gottesman RF, Mosley TH, Sharrett AR, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D deficiency is associated with fatal stroke among whites but not blacks: The NHANES III linked mortality files. Nutrition 2012 Apr; 28(4)367-71.<br /> <br />Abramowitz MK, Hostetter TH, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Lower serum bicarbonate and a higher anion gap are associated with lower cardiorespiratory fitness in young adults. Kidney International. 2012 May;81(10):103342. Epub 2012 Feb 1. PMCID: PMC3340439<br /> <br />Abramowitz MK, Hostetter TH, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. The serum anion gap is altered in early kidney disease and associates with mortality. Kidney International. 2012 Sep;82 (6):701-9.<br /> <br />Abramowitz MK, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Bauer C, Raff AC, Hostetter TH. Effects of Oral Sodium Bicarbonate in Patients with CKD. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2013 Feb 7<sup>th</sup> Epub ahead of print. 2013 May; 8(5)714-20.<br /><br /><strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Plantinga L, Shafi T, Parekh R, Meyer TW, Hostetter TH, Coresh J, Powe NR. Retained organic solutes, patient characteristics and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis: results from the retained organic solutes and clinical outcomes (ROSCO) investigators. BMC Nephrol 2013 June 27;14(1)134.<br /> <br />Milman S, Schulder-Katz M, Deluty J, Zimmerman ME, Crandall JP, Barzilai N, <strong>Melamed ML*</strong>, Atzmon G*. Individuals with Exceptional Longevity Manifest a Delayed Association Between Vitamin D Insufficiency and Cognitive Impairment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Jan Epub.<br /> <br />Akchurin OM, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Hashim BL, Kaskel FJ, Del Rio M. Medication adherence in the transition of adolescent kidney transplant recipients to the adult care. Pediatric Transplantation. 2014 May 12 Epub. 18(5):538-48.<br /> <br />Chen W, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Abramowitz MK. Serum bicarbonate and Bone Mineral Density in US Adults. Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Aug 26 Epub. 2015 Feb;65(2):240-8. <br /> <br />Sarathy H, Pramanik V, Kahn J, Abramowitz MK, Meier K, Kishore P, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. The Effects of Short-term Vitamin D Supplementation on Glucose Metabolism in Dialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int Urol Nephrol. 2015 Mar;47(3):537-49. <br /> <br />Barry EL, Mott LA, <strong>Melamed ML,</strong> Rees JR, Ivanova A, Sandler RS, Ahnen DJ, Bresalier RS, Summers RW, Bostick RM, Baron JA. Calcium supplementation increases blood creatinine concentration in a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2014. Oct 15;9(10):e108094.<br /> <br />Calp-Inal S, Ajaimy M, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Savchik C, Masiakos P, Colovai A, Akalin E. The prevalence and clinical significance of C1q-binding donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies early and late after kidney transplantation. Kidney Int 2015 Nov 4 (Epub ahead of print)<br /> <br />Kumar J, McDermott K, Abraham AG, Friedman LA, Johnson VL, Kaskel FJ, Furth SL, Warady BA, Portale AA, <strong>Melamed ML. </strong>Prevalence and correlates of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKID) cohort. Pediatr Nephrol. 2016 Jan; 31(1):121-9.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-no-proof: yes;">Chen W, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Hostetter TH, Bauer C, Raff AC, Almudevar AL, Lalonde A, Messing S, Abramowitz MK. Effect of oral sodium bicarbonate on fibroblast growth factor-23 in patients with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study. <em>BMC Nephrol. </em>2016;17(1):114.</span></p>
<p><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Shafi T, Powe NR, Meyer TW, Hwang S, Hai X, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Banerjee T, Coresh J, Hostetter TH. Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Cardiovascular Events in Hemodialysis Patients. <em>J Am Soc Nephrol. </em>2017 Jan;28(1):321-31.</span></p>
<p><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Goel N, Kwon C, Zachariah TP, Broker M, Folkert VW, Bauer C, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Vascular access placement in patients with chronic kidney disease stages 4 and 5 attending an inner city nephrology clinic: a cohort study and survey of providers. <em>BMC Nephrol</em>. 2017; 18(1):28.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Buttar RS, Batra J, Kreimerman J, Aleta M, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Rhabdomyolysis and AKI with Atorvastatin and Sitagliptin Use in the Setting of Low 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Oct;32(10):1156-1159.</span></p>
<p><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Golestaneh L Bellin E, Southern W, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Discharge service as a determinant of 30-day readmission in a cohort of maintenance hemodialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Nephrol. 2017 Dec 4;18(1):352.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Melamed ML</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, Chonchol M, Gutierrez OM, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kendrick J, Norris K, Scialla JJ, Thadhani R. The Role of Vitamin D in CKD Stages 3 to 4: Report of a Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2018; 72(6)834-845.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Astor BC, Djamali A, Mandelbrot DA, Parajuli S, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. The Association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels with Late Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: the Wisconsin Allograft Recipient Database (WisARD). Transplantation</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">2019 Aug;103(8):1683-1688</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Chen W, Eisenberg R, Mowrey WB, Wylie-Rosett J, Abramowitz MK, Bushinsky DA, <strong>Melamed ML</strong>. Association between dietary zinc intake and abdominal aortic calcification in US adults. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2019 Jul 11.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Sochol KM, Johns TS, Buttar RS, Randhawa L, Sanchez E, Gal M, Lestrade K, Merzkani M, Abramowitz MK, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Melamed ML</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">. The Effects of Dairy Intake on Insulin Resistance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. Nutrients 2019; 11(9):2237.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong>Melamed ML</strong>, Horwitz EJ, Dobre MA, Abramowitz MK, Zhang L, Lo Y, Mitch WE, Hostetter TH. The Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate in Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3 and 4: A Randomized, Placebo-Control, Multi-Center Clinical Trial. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2020.</span></p>
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