Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, et al. - Low body mass index (BMI) is associated with greater mortality in patients on dialysis therapy. This relationship is less well characterized in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are not yet on dialysis therapy...Conclusions: Lower BMI is associated with greater mortality in patients with CKD not yet on dialysis therapy. Adjustment for case-mix and surrogate markers of malnutrition and inflammation attenuated, but did not reverse, this relationship
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