Potential Role of Vegetarianism on Nutritional and Cardiovascular Status in Taiwanese Dialysis Patients: A Case-Control Study.

Shih-Hsiang OuMei-Yin ChenChien-Wei HuangNai-Ching ChenChien-Hsing WuChih-Yang HsuKang-Ju ChouPo-Tsang LeeHua-Chang FangChien-Liang Chen

Published in: PloS one (2016)

The present study revealed that patients on dialysis who follow vegetarian diets may experience subclinical protein malnutrition and vitamin D deficiency that could offset the beneficial cardiovascular effects of vegetarianism.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
peritoneal dialysis
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
weight loss
single cell
patient reported outcomes
amino acid
binding protein