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Impact of lower body mass index on risk of all-cause mortality and infection-related death in Japanese chronic kidney disease patients

BACKGROUND: Several studies have reported that lower body mass index (BMI) is associated with high mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Rate of infection-related death in CKD patients is increasing. However, the relationship between BMI and infection-related death is unclear. MET...

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Autores principales: Yamamoto, Tae, Nakayama, Masaaki, Miyazaki, Mariko, Sato, Hiroshi, Matsushima, Masato, Sato, Toshinobu, Ito, Sadayoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7325015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32605606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-01894-7