Association of body weight changes with mortality in incident hemodialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Incident hemodialysis patients may experience rapid weight loss in the first few months of starting dialysis. However, trends in weight changes over time and their associations with survival have not yet been characterized in this population.

Methods

In a large contemporary US cohort of 58 106 patients who initiated hemodialysis during 1 January 2007-31 December 2011 and survived the first year of dialysis, we observed trends in weight changes during the first year of treatment and then examined the association of post-dialysis weight changes with all-cause mortality.

Results

Patients' post-dialysis weights rapidly decreased and reached a nadir at the 5th month of dialysis with an average decline of 2% from baseline, whereas obese patients (body mass index

SUBMITTER: Chang TI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837362 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature