Sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease on conservative therapy: prevalence and association with mortality
Sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease on conservative therapy: prevalence and association with mortality
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DOI:
10.1093/ndt/gfv133
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发表时间:
2015-10-01
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Kamimura, Maria A.
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作者:
Pereira, Rassa A.;Cordeiro, Antonio C.;Kamimura, Maria A.
Background. In chronic kidney disease (CKD), multiple metabolic and nutritional abnormalities contribute to the impairment of skeletal muscle mass and function thus predisposing patients to the condition of sarcopenia. Herein, we investigated the prevalence and mortality predictive power of sarcopenia, defined by three different methods, in non-dialysis-dependent (NDD) CKD patients.Methods. We evaluated 287 NDD-CKD patients in stages 3-5 [59.9 +/- 10.5 years; 62% men; 49% diabetics; glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 25.0 +/- 15.8 mL/min/1.73 m(2)]. Sarcopenia was defined as reduced muscle function assessed by handgrip strength (HGS