Mid-Arm Muscle Circumference and Quality of Life and Survival in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients | Zendy

Nazanin Noori | Zendy; Joel D. Kopple | Zendy; Csaba P. Kövesdy | Zendy; Usama Feroze | Zendy; John J. Sim | Zendy; Sameer B. Murali | Zendy; Amanda Luna | Zendy; Myra Gomez | Zendy; Claudia Luna | Zendy; Rachelle Bross | Zendy; Allen R. Nissenson | Zendy; Kamyar KalantarZadeh | Zendy

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Mid-Arm Muscle Circumference and Quality of Life and Survival in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Author(s) -

Nazanin Noori,

Joel D. Kopple,

Csaba P. Kövesdy,

Usama Feroze,

John J. Sim,

Sameer B. Murali,

Amanda Luna,

Myra Gomez,

Claudia Luna,

Rachelle Bross,

Allen R. Nissenson,

Kamyar KalantarZadeh

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.02080310

Subject(s) - medicine , circumference , hemodialysis , quality of life (healthcare) , surgery , intensive care medicine , nursing , geometry , mathematics

Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients with larger body or fat mass have greater survival than normal to low mass. We hypothesized that mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC), a conveniently measured surrogate of lean body mass (LBM), has stronger association with clinical outcomes than triceps skinfold (TSF), a surrogate of fat mass.

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