Nutritional status in chronic dialysis patients : associations with development of disease and survival

Chapter 3 The association between body mass index and 57 mortality is similar in the hemodialysis population and the general population at high age and equal duration

Compared with a normal nutritional status, protein-energy wasting was associated with a twofold increased mortality risk in 7 years of follow-up during dialysis

In addition to technical examinations, many clinical and laboratory parameters exist to measure the nutritional status of dialysis patients. 43;107 However, they all capture a

We investigated the association between obesity, smoking and physical inactivity and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the general population and whether risk for CKD was restricted to

In addition, long-term survival data have most frequently been obtained in middle- aged general populations, whereas hemodialysis populations are on average past

The present prospective longitudinal study in incident hemodialysis patients who were followed for 2.5 years after the start of dialysis showed that both muscle mass

The present study showed that 2 years after the start of dialysis, a 1-g/dL decrease in serum albumin was associated with a 47% increased mortality risk in HD patients, and a

Conclusions The concurrent presence of protein-energy wasting, inflammation and CVD increased the mortality risk strikingly more than expected, implying that protein-energy