Physical Activity Dose for Hemodialysis Patients: Where to Begin? Results from a Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Greater physical activity is associated with lower risk of mortality in persons with kidney disease; however, little is known about the appropriate dose of physical activity among hemodialysis patients. Here detected the minimum level of habitual physical activity to help inform interventions aimed at improving outcomes in the dialysis population.

Design

The design was prospective cohort study.

Subjects

Clinically stable outpatients in a hemodialysis unit from October 2002 to March 2014 were assessed for their eligibility to be included in this 7-year prospective cohort study. We used the Youden index to determine the optimal cutoff points for physical activity. The prognostic effect of physical activity on survival was estimated by Cox proportional hazards

SUBMITTER: Matsuzawa R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6365108 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature