The body mass index change is associated with death or hemodialysis transfer in Japanese patients initiating peritoneal dialysis

The body mass index change is associated with death or hemodialysis transfer in Japanese patients initiating peritoneal dialysis

A decreased body mass index (BMI) over time is associated with a poor prognosis for patients on hemodialysis. We aimed to examine whether this association also applies to patients with peritoneal dialysis (PD). BMI change was defined as the percentage change in the BMI between the time of PD cathete...

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Main Authors: Daiki Kojima, Naoki Washida, Kiyotaka Uchiyama, Eriko Yoshida Hama, Tomoki Nagasaka, Ei Kusahana, Takashin Nakayama, Kengo Nagashima, Yasunori Sato, Kohkichi Morimoto, Takeshi Kanda, Hiroshi Itoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Renal Failure
Subjects:
Obesity
sarcopenia
frailty
malnutrition
peritonitis
heart failure
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/0886022X.2022.2163904
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