Dietary protein intake, kidney function, and survival in a nationally representative cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-protein diets (e.g., Paleo, Atkins, South Beach, ketogenic) have gained popularity as a means to promote weight loss and avoid excess carbohydrate consumption. Yet in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, evidence suggests low dietary protein intake (DPI) leads to attenuation of kidney function decline, although concerns remain for risk of protein-energy wasting.

Objectives

To examine associations of DPI with mortality in a nationally representative cohort of US adults, stratified by kidney function.

Methods

We examined the association between daily DPI scaled to actual body weight (ABW), ascertained by 24-h dietary recall, with all-cause mortality among 27,604 continuous NHANES adult participants (1999-2010), stratified according to impaired versus n

SUBMITTER: Narasaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246621 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature