Body Composition and Survival in Dialysis Patients: Results from an International Cohort Study

Daniele Marcelli (1) , Len Usvyat , Peter Kotanko , Inga Bayh , Bernard Canaud (2) , Michael Etter , Emanuele Gatti , Aileen Grassmann , Yuedong Wang , Cristina Marelli , Laura Scatizzi , Andrea Stopper , Frank van Der Sande , Jeroen Kooman , M. van Der Sande

1 Danube University Krems
2 CHRU Montpellier - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier]

High body mass index appears protective in hemodialysis patients, but uncertainty prevails regarding which components of body composition, fat or lean body mass, are primarily associated with survival.

Mots clés: bioimpedance; dialysis; fat tissue; lean tissue; survival

Domaines: Urologie et Néphrologie

Daniele Marcelli, Len Usvyat, Peter Kotanko, Inga Bayh, Bernard Canaud, et al.. Body Composition and Survival in Dialysis Patients: Results from an International Cohort Study. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2015, 10 (7), pp.1192-1200. ⟨10.2215/CJN.08550814⟩. ⟨hal-02005484⟩