Association between kidney function, nutritional status and anthropometric measures in older people
Abstract Background Different mechanisms connect the nutritional status with the occurrence and the course of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The end-stage renal disease is complicated by catabolic inflammatory reactions and cachexia which leads to malnutrition (undernutrition). On the other hand, obe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-10-01
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Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01699-1 |