Dietary Potassium Intake and All-Cause Mortality in Adults Treated with Hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT: Dietary potassium restriction in people receiving maintenance hemodialysis is standard practice and is recommended in guidelines, despite a lack of evidence. We aimed to assess the association between dietary potassium intake and mortality and whether hyperkalemia mediates this association. A total of 8043 adults undergoing maintenance hemodialysis in Europe and South America were included in the DIETary intake, death and hospitalization in adults with end-stage kidney disease treated with HemoDialysis (DIET-HD) study. We measured baseline potassium intake from the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network food frequency questionnaire and performed time-to-event and mediation analyses. The median potassium intake at baseline was 3.5 (interquartile range, 2.5-5.0) g/d. During a median foll

SUBMITTER: Bernier-Jean A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8729497 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature