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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Main Authors: Agnieszka Guligowska, Andrea Corsonello, Małgorzata Pigłowska, Regina Roller-Wirnsberger, Gerhard Wirnsberger, Johan Ärnlöv, Axel C. Carlsson, Lisanne Tap, Francesco Mattace-Raso, Francesc Formiga, Rafael Moreno-Gonzalez, Ellen Freiberger, Cornel Sieber, Pedro Gil Gregorio, Sara Laínez Martínez, Rada Artzi-Medvedik, Ilan Yehoshua, Paolo Fabbietti, Fabrizia Lattanzio, Tomasz Kostka, on behalf of SCOPE investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
MNA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01699-1