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Association of gait speed and grip strength with risk of cardiovascular events in patients on haemodialysis: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Gait speed (GS) and handgrip strength (HGS), both factors associated with frailty and sarcopenia, are reportedly associated with CV events in the general population. However, little is known about the impact of these factors on the outcome of patients on dialysis. This study aimed to eva...

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Autores principales: Kuki, Atsumi, Tanaka, Kentaro, Kushiyama, Akifumi, Tanaka, Yoshihide, Motonishi, Shuta, Sugano, Yasuji, Furuya, Toru, Ozawa, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6543665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31146702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1370-6