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Low lean tissue mass is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with stages 4 and 5 non-dialysis chronic kidney disease

Background: Mortality in patients with stages 4 and 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) is higher than in the general population. Body composition predicts mortality. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of body composition on mortality in patients with stages 4 and 5 non-dialysis CKD. Methods: We pe...

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Autores principales: Vega, Almudena, Abad, Soraya, Macías, Nicolás, Aragoncillo, Inés, Santos, Alba, Galán, Isabel, Cedeño, Santiago, Manuel López-Gómez, Juan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
CKD
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5381238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28396734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfw126