Risk of hospitalization associated with body mass index and weight changes among prevalent haemodialysis patients

The impact of body mass index (BMI) and body weight on hospitalization rates in haemodialysis patients is unknown.This study hypothesizes that being either underweight or obese is associated with a higher hospitalization rate.Observational study of 6296 European haemodialysis patients with prospecti...

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Main Authors: Juan J. Carrero, Ivan Cabezas-Rodríguez, Abdul R. Qureshi, Jürgen Floege, Markus Ketteler, Gerard London, Francesco Locatelli, Dimitrios Memmos, David Goldsmith, Aníbal Ferreira, Judit Nagy, Vladimir Teplan, Carlos Martínez-Salgado, José L. Fernández-Martín, Carmine Zoccali, Jorge B. Cannata-Andia
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Nefrología
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0211699518300614