Interaction between central obesity and frailty on the clinical outcome of peritoneal dialysis patients.

Gordon Chun-Kau ChanJack Kit-Chung N GKai-Ming ChowVickie Wai-Ki KwongWing-Fai PangPhyllis Mei-Shan ChengMan-Ching LawChi-Bon LeungPhilip Kam-Tao L ICheuk-Chun Szeto

Published in: PloS one (2020)

There is a significant interaction between frailty and central obesity on the outcome of PD patients. The protective role of central obesity is only apparent in PD patients without frailty but not the frail ones, and there is a little prognostic value of general (non-central) obesity.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
peritoneal dialysis
chronic kidney disease
metabolic syndrome
newly diagnosed
insulin resistance
ejection fraction
weight loss
prognostic factors
weight gain
computed tomography
high fat diet induced
patient reported outcomes