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Mortality Prediction by Surrogates of Body Composition: An Examination of the Obesity Paradox in Hemodialysis Patients Using Composite Ranking Score Analysis
In hemodialysis patients, lower body mass index and weight loss have been associated with higher mortality rates, a phenomenon sometimes called the obesity paradox. This apparent paradox might be explained by loss of muscle mass. The authors thus examined the relation to mortality of changes in dry...
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3390012/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427612 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwr384 |
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