Body composition of chronic renal patients: anthropometry and bioimpedance vector analysis

OBJECTIVE: to compare the body composition of patients undergoing hemodialysis with that of healthy individuals using different methods. METHOD: cross-sectional study assessing male individuals using anthropometric markers, electrical bioimpedance and vector analysis. RESULTS: the healthy individual...

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Main Authors: Viviane Soares, Ivan Silveira de Avelar, Sara Rosa de Sousa Andrade, Marcus Fraga Vieira, Maria Sebastiana Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692013000601240&lng=en&tlng=en