Obesity and atherosclerotic events in chronic hemodialysis patients: a prospective study | Zendy

Amir Kazory | Zendy; Alexandre Klein | Zendy; J.M. Chalopin | Zendy; Didier Ducloux | Zendy; Cécile Courivaud | Zendy

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Obesity and atherosclerotic events in chronic hemodialysis patients: a prospective study

Author(s) -

Amir Kazory,

Alexandre Klein,

J.M. Chalopin,

Didier Ducloux,

Cécile Courivaud

Publication year - 2013

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/gft032

Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , dialysis , hemodialysis , prospective cohort study , population , diabetes mellitus , body mass index , obesity , relative risk , endocrinology , confidence interval , environmental health

Studies exploring the impact of overweight on mortality have reported controversial results in dialysis patients; some have found overweight to increase mortality, whereas others suggest that it offers a survival advantage. We conducted a prospective study to evaluate the impact of overweight on atherosclerotic events (AE) in dialysis patients with special respect to the malnutrition/inflammation complex syndrome (MICS).

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