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Clinical global assessment of nutritional status as predictor of mortality in chronic kidney disease patients.

Lu DaiHideyuki MukaiBengt LindholmOlof HeimbürgerPeter BaranyPeter StenvinkelAbdul Rashid Qureshi
Published in: PloS one (2017)
SGA, a valid assessor of nutritional status, is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality both in CKD non-dialysis and dialysis patients that outperforms non-composite nutritional markers as prognosticator.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • chronic kidney disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • newly diagnosed
  • ejection fraction
  • prognostic factors
  • type diabetes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • coronary artery disease
  • risk factors