The combination of malnutrition-inflammation and functional status limitations is associated with mortality in hemodialysis patients

Abstract The identification of malnutrition-inflammation-complex (MIC) and functional status (FS) is key to improving patient experience on hemodialysis (HD). We investigate the association of MIC and FS combinations with mortality in HD patients. We analyzed data from 5630 HD patients from 9 countr...

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Main Authors: Eiichiro Kanda, Marcelo Barreto Lopes, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Hideki Hirakata, Kunitoshi Iseki, Angelo Karaboyas, Brian Bieber, Stefan H. Jacobson, Indranil Dasgupta, Bruce M. Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80716-0