Fitness for Entering a Simple Exercise Program and Mortality: A Study Corollary to the Exercise Introduction to Enhance Performance in Dialysis (Excite) Trial

• Main Authors: Rossella Baggetta (Author), Davide Bolignano (Author), Claudia Torino (Author), Fabio Manfredini (Author), Filippo Aucella (Author), Antonio Barillà (Author), Yuri Battaglia (Author), Silvio Bertoli (Author), Graziella Bonanno (Author), Pietro Castellino (Author), Daniele Ciurlino (Author), Adamasco Cupisti (Author), Graziella D'Arrigo (Author), Luciano De Paola (Author), Fabrizio Fabrizi (Author), Pasquale Fatuzzo (Author), Giorgio Fuiano (Author), Luigi Lombardi (Author), Gaetano Lucisano (Author), Piergiorgio Messa (Author), Renato Rapanà (Author), Francesco Rapisarda (Author), Stefania Rastelli (Author), Lisa Rocca-Rey (Author), Chiara Summaria (Author), Alessandro Zuccalà (Author), Samar Abd ElHafeez (Author), Giovanni Tripepi (Author), Luigi Catizone (Author), Francesca Mallamaci (Author), Carmine Zoccali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: In this corollary analysis of the EXCITE study, we looked at possible differences in baseline risk factors and mortality between subjects excluded from the trial because non-eligible (n=216) or because eligible but refusing to participate (n=116). Methods: Baseline characteristics a...