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Lower body mass index and mortality in older adults starting dialysis

Lower body mass index (BMI) has consistently been associated with mortality in elderly in the general and chronic disease populations. Remarkably, in older incident dialysis patients no association of BMI with mortality was found. We performed an in-depth analysis and explored possible time-stratifi...

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Autores principales: Polinder-Bos, Harmke A., Diepen, Merel van, Dekker, Friedo W., Hoogeveen, Ellen K., Franssen, Casper F. M., Gansevoort, Ron T., Gaillard, Carlo A. J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30150623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30952-2