WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AS A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: AnaCatarina Medeiros Castro (Συγγραφέας), Lilian Cuppari (Συγγραφέας), Ana PaulaBazanelli (Συγγραφέας), Maria Ayako Kamimura (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Body fat gain is a common finding among peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, and the accumulation of adipose tissue occurs predominantly in the abdominal area. Waist circumference (WC) is a reliable marker of abdominal obesity and its association with worse outcomes has been demonstrated in nondialysi...