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SUBMITTER: Polinder-Bos HA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6110755 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Polinder-Bos Harmke A HA Diepen Merel van MV Dekker Friedo W FW Hoogeveen Ellen K EK Franssen Casper F M CFM Gansevoort Ron T RT Gaillard Carlo A J M CAJM
Scientific reports 20180827 1
Lower body mass index (BMI) has consistently been associated with mortality in elderly in the general and chronic disease populations. Remarkably, in older incident dialysis patients no association of BMI with mortality was found. We performed an in-depth analysis and explored possible time-stratified effects of BMI. 908 incident dialysis patients aged ≥65 years of the NECOSAD study were included, and divided into tertiles by baseline BMI (<23.1 (lower), 23.1-26.0 (reference), ≥26.0 (higher) kg/ ...[more]