The association between body mass index and all-cause mortality in Japanese patients with incident hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A higher body mass index (BMI) has been associated with better survival among chronic kidney disease patients in some reports. However, more research is required to determine the associations between BMI and mortality in incident hemodialysis patients. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the association between mortality and BMI measured at the first hemodialysis session and 2 weeks after hemodialysis initiation in Japanese patients with incident hemodialysis.

Methods

We retrospectively enrolled 266 adult patients with incident hemodialysis who were treated at our hospital between May 2013 and June 2019. The data on BMI was obtained at the first hemodialysis session and 2 weeks after hemodialysis initiation. Patients were divided into tertiles based on BMI

SUBMITTER: Inagaki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231701 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature