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Markers of protein-energy wasting and physical performance in haemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Physical impairments are common in uraemia, as reflected by the high risk of falls of haemodialysis (HD) patients. Furthermore, these patients often suffer from malnutrition. OBJECTIVE:Up to now, it is unknown which aspects of physical performance are predominantly driven by malnutrition in HD patients. As this answer could steer different interventions, the aim of this study was to evaluate the cross-sectional relationship between nutritional status, muscle strength, exercise capacity and the risk of falls. METHODS:This study recruited HD patients between December 2016 and March 2018 from two hospital-based and five satellite dialysis units (registration number on clinicaltrial.gov: NCT03910426). The mini-nutritional assessment scale as well as objective measures of protein-energy wasting were obtained (total iron-binding capacity, total protein levels, and CRP). Physical assessment included muscle strength (quadriceps, handgrip force, and sit-to-stand test), exercise capacity (six-minute walking test) and the risk of falls (Tinetti, FICSIT, and dialysis fall index). Their interrelationship was analysed by ridge regression models. RESULTS:Out of 113 HD patients (mean age 67 years ± 16.1, 57.5% male) 36.3% were malnourished according to the mini-nutritional assessment scale and a majority had impaired quadriceps force (86.7%), six-minute walking test (92%), and an increased risk of falls (73.5%). Total protein and CRP levels were identified as relevant nutritional factors in the association with physical performance. Nutritional parameters explained 9.2% of the variance in the risk of falls and 7.6% of the variance in exercise capacity. No conclusive association was found between nutritional status and muscle strength. CONCLUSION:Protein-energy wasting is a determinant of the risk of falls and exercise capacity in patients on HD. The association between malnutrition and muscle weakness remains inconclusive.

SUBMITTER: Vanden Wyngaert K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7392314 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Markers of protein-energy wasting and physical performance in haemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional study.

Vanden Wyngaert Karsten K Celie Bert B Calders Patrick P Eloot Sunny S Holvoet Els E Van Biesen Wim W Van Craenenbroeck Amaryllis H AH

PloS one 20200730 7

<h4>Background</h4>Physical impairments are common in uraemia, as reflected by the high risk of falls of haemodialysis (HD) patients. Furthermore, these patients often suffer from malnutrition.<h4>Objective</h4>Up to now, it is unknown which aspects of physical performance are predominantly driven by malnutrition in HD patients. As this answer could steer different interventions, the aim of this study was to evaluate the cross-sectional relationship between nutritional status, muscle strength, e ...[more]

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Project description:BACKGROUND:Muscle weakness is associated with increased mortality risk in chronic haemodialysis (CHD) patients. Protein energy wasting (PEW) and low physical activity could impair muscle quality and contribute to muscle weakness beyond muscle wasting in these patients. Aim of this study was to assess clinical and biological parameters involved in the reduction of muscle strength of CHD patients. METHODS:One hundred and twenty-three CHD patients (80 males, 43 females; 68,8 [57.9-78.8] y.o.) were included in this study. Maximal voluntary force (MVF) of quadriceps was assessed using a belt-stabilized hand-held dynamometer. Muscle quality was evaluated by muscle specific torque, defined as the strength per unit of muscle mass. Muscle mass was estimated using lean tissue index (LTI), skeletal muscle mass (SMM) assessed by bioelectrical impedance analysis and creatinine index (CI). Voorrips questionnaire was used to estimate physical activity. Criteria for the diagnosis of PEW were serum albumin, body mass index < 23 kg/m2, creatinine index < 18.82 mg/kg/d and low dietary protein intake estimated by nPCR < 0.80g/kg/d. RESULTS:MVF was 76.1 [58.2-111.7] N.m. and was associated with CI (? = 5.3 [2.2-8.4], p = 0.001), LTI (? = 2.8 [0.6-5.1], p = 0.013), Voorrips score (? = 17.4 [2.9-31.9], p = 0.02) and serum albumin (? = 1.9 [0.5-3.2], p = 0.006). Only serum albumin (? = 0.09 [0.03-0.15], p = 0.003), Voorrips score (? = 0.8 [0.2-1.5], p = 0.005) and CI (? = 0.2 [0.1-0.3], p<0.001) remained associated with muscle specific torque. Thirty patients have dynapenia defined as impaired MVF with maintained SMM and were younger with high hs-CRP (p = 0.001), PEW criteria (p<0.001) and low Voorrips score (p = 0.001), and reduced dialysis vintage (p<0.046). CONCLUSIONS:Beyond atrophy, physical inactivity and PEW conspire to impair muscle strength and specific torque in CHD patients and could be related to muscle quality. TRIAL REGISTRATION:ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02806089.

Project description:Introduction: Brain atrophy is a widely accepted marker of disease severity with association to clinical disability in multiple sclerosis (MS). It is unclear to which extent this association reflects common age effects on both atrophy and function. Objective: To explore how functional performance in gait, upper extremities and cognition is associated with brain atrophy in patients with Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS) and relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), controlling for effects of age and sex. Methods: In 27 patients with CIS, 59 with RRMS (EDSS ?3) and 63 healthy controls (HC), 3T MRI were analyzed for T2 lesion count (T2C), volume (T2V) and brain volumes [normalized brain volume (NBV), gray matter volume (NGMV), white matter volume (NWMV), thalamic volume (NThalV)]. Functional performance was measured with short maximum walking speed (SMSW speed), 9-hole peg test (9HPT) and symbol digit modalities test (SDMT). Linear regression models were created for functional variables with stepwise inclusion of age, sex and MR imaging markers. Results: CIS differed from HC only in T2C and T2V. RRMS differed from HC in NBV, NGMV and NThalV, T2C and T2V, but not in NWMV. A strong association with age was seen in HC, CIS and RRMS groups for NBV (r = -0.5 to -0.6) and NGMV (r = -0.6 to -0.8). Associations with age were seen in HC and RRMS but not CIS for NThalV (r = -0.3; r = -0.5), T2C (rs = 0.3; rs = 0.2) and T2V (rs = 0.3; rs = 0.3). No effect of age was seen on NWMV. Correlations of functional performance with age in RRMS were seen for SMSW speed, 9HPTand SDMT (r = -0.27 to -0.46). Regression analyses yielded significant models only in the RRMS group for 9HPT, SMSW speed and EDSS. These included NBV, NGMV, NThalV, NWMV, logT2V, age and sex as predictors. NThalV was the only MRI variable predicting a functional measure (9HPTr) with a higher standardized beta than age and sex (R2 = 0.36, p < 1e-04). Conclusion: Thalamic atrophy was a stronger predictor of hand function (9HPT) in RRMS, than age and sex. This underlines the clinical relevance of thalamic atrophy and the relevance of hand function as a clinical marker even in mildly disabled patients.

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