Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Mortality in Adults undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Higher fruit and vegetable intake is associated with lower cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in the general population. It is unclear whether this association occurs in patients on hemodialysis, in whom high fruit and vegetable intake is generally discouraged because of a potential risk of hyperkalemia. We aimed to evaluate the association between fruit and vegetable intake and mortality in hemodialysis.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Fruit and vegetable intake was ascertained by the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network food frequency questionnaire within the Dietary Intake, Death and Hospitalization in Adults with ESKD Treated with Hemodialysis study, a multinational cohort study of 9757 adults on hemodialysis, of whom 807

SUBMITTER: Saglimbene VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390927 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature