Association between pro-vegetarian dietary pattern and the risk of protein-energy wasting and sarcopenia in patients with chronic kidney disease

• Main Authors: Fatemeh Mansouri (Author), Zainab Shateri (Author), Shahrokh Ezzatzadegan Jahromi (Author), Melika Mahmudi-Zadeh (Author), Mehran Nouri (Author), Siavash Babajafari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by structural abnormalities in nephrons, loss of functional nephrons, and impaired renal excretory function. A pro-vegetarian dietary pattern (PDP) is a gradual and progressive approach to vegetarianism. The current study aimed to ass...