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Body mass index as a predictor of continued survival in older chronic dialysis patients.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11583369     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the contribution of body mass index (BMI) to mortality over 11 years of follow-up in a prevalent sample of dialysis patients aged 60+. DESIGN: Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. SETTING: Multicenter stratified random sample of black and white older chronic dialysis patients in a southeastern state. SUBJECTS: 316 patients on hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD). Main outcome measure: Continued survival from baseline interview in 1988 to June 1999. RESULTS: Adjusting for age, primary diagnosis of diabetes, cardiovascular comorbidity, HD/PD therapy, and patient-reported functional impairment, the interaction of baseline BMI with race and gender was associated with older patients' risk of mortality. Black females, black males, and white males with higher BMI had a reduced risk of mortality, while no protective effect of higher BMI was found for white females. Patients with cardiovascular comorbidity and greater functional impairment at baseline had increased mortality risk. BMI was not significantly correlated with serum albumin or functional impairment. CONCLUSION: BMI, a simple anthropometric measure that provides a marker of nutritional status, interacts with race and gender to predict long-term survival in older dialysis patients. The association of survival with dialysis adequacy, nutritional indicators, and cardiovascular status in black and white dialysis patients is an important area of study.
Authors:
N G Kutner; R Zhang
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International urology and nephrology     Volume:  32     ISSN:  0301-1623     ISO Abbreviation:  Int Urol Nephrol     Publication Date:  2001  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-10-03     Completed Date:  2002-01-17     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0262521     Medline TA:  Int Urol Nephrol     Country:  Hungary    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  441-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
African Americans
Aged
Body Mass Index*
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Humans
Kidney Failure / blood,  mortality*,  therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Proportional Hazards Models
Renal Dialysis*
Serum Albumin / analysis
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DK42949/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Serum Albumin

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