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Impact of sarcopenia on long-term mortality and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing hemodialysis

BACKGROUND/AIMS: A high body mass index (BMI) is known to correlate with better survival in patients on hemodialysis (HD). However, the impacts of body composition and sarcopenia on survival have not been well studied in this population. METHODS: One hundred and forty-two prevalent HD patients were...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jwa-Kyung, Kim, Sung Gyun, Oh, Ji-Eun, Lee, Young-Ki, Noh, Jung-Woo, Kim, Hyung Jik, Song, Young Rim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6506738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29161801
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2017.083

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