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Predictors of bone fractures in a single-centre cohort of hemodialysis patients: a 2-year follow-up study.

Ludmila BrunerovaRenata LažanskáPetr KasalickýJana VerešováJana PotočkováAlena FialováIvan Rychlík
Published in: International urology and nephrology (2018)
In a group of hemodialysis patients from one centre, T-score in proximal femur, low vitamin D, low BMI, and high FRAX for major osteoporotic fracture were associated with low-trauma fractures, however, in multi-variate analysis only low BMI remained a significant predictor of fracture risk.
Keyphrases
  • bone mineral density
  • body mass index
  • weight gain
  • physical activity
  • body composition
  • soft tissue
  • finite element