Dietary quality and adherence to dietary recommendations in Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is a lack of data regarding the quality of the diet and the adherence to dietary guidelines of patients with non-dialysis-dependent CKD (NDD-CKD) in China.

Design and methods

Single-center cross-sectional study of 261 patients with CKD stages 3-5, who responded to 3-day dietary records and undertook 24-h urine samples along with clinical, laboratory, and anthropometric assessments. We compared their food intake with Chinese recommendations for CKD patients, assessed dietary quality through the Chinese Healthy Eating Index (CHEI), and calculated the contribution to energy intake by processed foods according to the NOVA classification.

Results

Average energy intake was 30 ± 9 Kcal/kg/d, and 65% consumed less energy than recommended. The average protein

SUBMITTER: Ouyang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11831048 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature