BODY COMPOSITION AND MORTALITY IN PREVALENT HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS: HEMO STUDY

Both higher body size (as indicated by body mass index- BMI) and higher muscle mass (as indicated by serum creatinine- (SCr)) are associated with better survival in HD patients (pts) but the relative importance of muscle vs. body size is not established. In the current study, the associations of SCr...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Filipowicz, Tom H. Greene, Guo Wei, Srinivasan Beddhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology 2012-06-01
Series:Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221191321200647X