Impact of diabetes on sarcopenia and mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Abstract Background Sarcopenia has become a serious disorder in modern society. Chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis and diabetes are some of the disorders that accelerate the onset and progression of sarcopenia. We, therefore, investigated the prevalence of sarcopenia in patients undergoing he...

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Main Authors: Katsuhito Mori, Kozo Nishide, Senji Okuno, Tetsuo Shoji, Masanori Emoto, Akihiro Tsuda, Shinya Nakatani, Yasuo Imanishi, Eiji Ishimura, Tomoyuki Yamakawa, Shigeichi Shoji, Masaaki Inaba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-019-1271-8