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Malnutrition predicting factors in hemodialysis patients
Joint Authors
Jahromi, Soodeh Razeghi
Sadrzadeh, Haleh
Husayni, Said
Raziqi, Afat
Meysamie, Ali Basha
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 21, Issue 5 (31 Oct. 2010), pp.846-851, 6 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2010-10-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Malnutrition is a predictor of increased mortality in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients.
Various factors may contribute to malnutrition in these patients including energy and protein intake, inflammation, and comorbidity.
To determine the importance of these factors in malnutrition of chronic HD patients, we studied 112 chronic HD patients in two centers was evaluated with the Dialysis Malnutrition Score (DMS) and anthropometric and biochemical indices.
Seventy six (67.8%) patients were classified as malnourished.
According to DMS score, poor protein intake (r= -0.34, P< 0.01), comorbidities (r= -0.24, P< 0.05), poor energy intake (r= - 0.18, P< 0.005), and inflammation (r= -0.16, P< 0.05) were significant predictors of malnutrition in descending order of importance.
Multiple regression analysis showed that only poor protein intake was the explanatory variable of anthropometric measurements decline including body mass index, triceps skin fold thick-ness, mid arm circumference, mid arm muscle circumference, fat free mass, fat mass, albumin, creatinine and transferrine.
None of the mentioned factors predicted the decrease of biochemical markers.
We conclude that the frequency of malnutrition is high in our population and poor protein intake is the primary contributing factor for this condition.
Therefore, providing enough protein may be a simple and effective way in preventing malnutrition in these patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jahromi, Soodeh Razeghi& Husayni, Said& Raziqi, Afat& Meysamie, Ali Basha& Sadrzadeh, Haleh. 2010. Malnutrition predicting factors in hemodialysis patients. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 21, no. 5, pp.846-851.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jahromi, Soodeh Razeghi…[et al.]. Malnutrition predicting factors in hemodialysis patients. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 21, no. 5 (Oct. 2010), pp.846-851.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Jahromi, Soodeh Razeghi& Husayni, Said& Raziqi, Afat& Meysamie, Ali Basha& Sadrzadeh, Haleh. Malnutrition predicting factors in hemodialysis patients. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2010. Vol. 21, no. 5, pp.846-851.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 850-851
Record ID
BIM-215960