Associations of Protein−Energy Wasting Syndrome Criteria With Body Composition and Mortality in the General and Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease Populations in the United States

Associations of Protein−Energy Wasting Syndrome Criteria With Body Composition and Mortality in the General and Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease Populations in the United States

It is unknown whether the criteria used to define protein−energy wasting (PEW) syndrome in dialysis patients reflect protein or energy wasting in the general and moderate CKD populations. Methods: In 11,834 participants in the 1999 to 2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, individual...

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Main Authors: Srinivasan Beddhu, Xiaorui Chen, Guo Wei, Dominic Raj, Kalani L. Raphael, Robert Boucher, Michel B. Chonchol, Maureen A. Murtaugh, Tom Greene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
Subjects:
CKD
protein−energy wasting
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024917300025

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