The association between body mass index and mortality among Asian peritoneal dialysis patients: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have revealed that increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with decreased mortality among hemodialysis patients. However, few studies have dealt with the association between BMI and mortality among patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) and even fewer studies have focused on the Asian PD patients. The reported studies were often non-conclusive and some even yielded contradictory results. This paper, to our best knowledge, registers the first attempt to systematically review the current literature and summarize new results on the association between BMI and mortality among the Asian PD population.

Method

A systematic literature review was performed in Medline and EMBASE to identify relevant cohort studies on all-cause and cardiovascular

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5313204 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature