The association between body mass index and mortality in incident dialysis patients.

The association between body mass index and mortality in incident dialysis patients.

To study the body mass index (BMI) trajectory in patients with incident end-stage kidney disease and its association with all-cause mortality.This longitudinal cohort study included 17022 adult patients commencing hemodialysis [HD] (n = 10860) or peritoneal dialysis [PD] (n = 6162) between 2001 and...

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Main Authors: Sunil V Badve, Sanjoy K Paul, Kerenaftali Klein, Philip A Clayton, Carmel M Hawley, Fiona G Brown, Neil Boudville, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Stephen P McDonald, David W Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4267775?pdf=render

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