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Body mass index and mortality in ‘healthier’ as compared with ‘sicker’ haemodialysis patients: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2001 · Vol. 16(12) · pp. 2386–2394

Sean F. Leavey✉(Ann Arbor VA Medical Center)Keith McCulloughE. Hecking(Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt)David A. GoodkinFriedrich K. PortEric W. Young

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Abstract

In a wide variety of HD patient subgroups, differing with respect to their baseline health status, increasing body size correlates with a decreased mortality risk. This contrasts with the association between BMI and mortality in the general population, and deserves further study.

Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Iron Metabolism and Disorders Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesMedicineBody mass indexOverweightComorbidityInternal medicineDialysisRelative riskObesityDemographyProspective cohort study

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AdultAgedFemaleHealth StatusRenal DialysisHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMiddle AgedObesityProspective StudiesRisk FactorsBody Mass IndexMultivariate Analysis

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