Dietary Protein Intake and Survival in 100,088 Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: The Role of Race and Albumin

• Main Authors: Vanessa Ravel (Author), Miklos Z Molnar (Author), Jennie Jing (Author), Elani Streja (Author), Alla Victoroff (Author), Csaba P Kovesdy (Author), Keith C Norris (Author), Joel D Kopple (Author), Debbie Benner (Author), Jun Chul Kim (Author), Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Decreased dietary protein intake may be associated with increased mortality risk in individuals undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). We examined 8−year all-cause mortality in 100,088 MHD patients from DaVita dialysis clinics in the US (2001-2009) and hypothesized that survival is better across...