Diminishing dry weight is strongly associated with all-cause mortality among long-term maintenance prevalent dialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the relationship between dry weight (DW) change and survival in long-term maintenance prevalent dialysis patients.

Methods

We conducted a prospective data collection study with retrospective analysis of the registered data. Patients were followed up for 5 years (1-year observation of DW changes and subsequent 4-year follow-up). The outcome was all-cause mortality. The predictors were 1-year DW change rates. The hazard ratios (HRs) for all-cause mortality were calculated using multivariable Cox regression analysis, fully adjusted for age, sex, basal kidney disease, dialysis vintage, current smoking, past cardiovascular events, serum albumin, DW at enrollment, serum creatinine, mean predialysis systolic blood pressure, and cardiothoracic ratio or 1-ye

SUBMITTER: Sato Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6110511 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature