Is there any survival advantage of obesity in Southern European haemodialysis patients? | Zendy

Charles Chazot | Zendy; J.-P. Gassia | Zendy; A Di Benedetto | Zendy; S. Cesare | Zendy; P. Ponce | Zendy; Daniele Marcelli | Zendy

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Is there any survival advantage of obesity in Southern European haemodialysis patients?

Author(s) -

Charles Chazot,

J.-P. Gassia,

A Di Benedetto,

S. Cesare,

P. Ponce,

Daniele Marcelli

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp168

Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , underweight , hazard ratio , body mass index , proportional hazards model , population , dialysis , epidemiology , confidence interval , survival analysis , obesity , renal replacement therapy , prospective cohort study , demography , environmental health , sociology

In the general population, a high body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. However, according to US epidemiological evaluation in maintenance haemodialysis (HD) patients, a reverse epidemiology is described and baseline obesity appears paradoxically associated with better survival. The aim of this study is to examine in a Southern European HD population the relationship between survival and BMI at the start of HD treatment, and how survival is influenced by the body weight (BW) variations during the first year of treatment.

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