Association of extracellular water/total body water ratio with protein-energy wasting and mortality in patients on hemodialysis

Abstract Bioimpedance analysis-assessed extracellular water/total body water (ECW/TBW) ratio may be a marker for mortality and poor nutritional status in hemodialysis patients. In 193 maintenance hemodialysis patients, we retrospectively investigated the relationships among ECW/TBW ratio, mortality,...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Yajima, Kumiko Yajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41131-3