Assessment of Bone Mineral Density in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis; An Iranian Population-Based Study.

Saeid Amirkhanlou Gholamreza RoshandelMehrdad AghaeiHossein MohebiSahab-Sadat TabatabeiShiva MomenPeyman ZiaMehdi AarabiFarzad AmouzadehSeyyed-Mohsen Hosseininejad

Published in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2021)

With increasing age and duration of HD, BMD decreases. Higher BMI was associated with higher bone mass density. Bone density assessment seems to be necessary in patients undergoing HD.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
patients undergoing
postmenopausal women
body composition
body mass index
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
soft tissue
end stage renal disease
physical activity
bone loss