Why the study?
Does abdominal obesity increase all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients?
Population
84 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients at a single center
Comparison
Abdominal obesity, defined as waist… vs No abdominal obesity (nAO)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
53.2±34.4 months (up to 9 years)
Key result
Abdominal obesity was not an independent risk factor for all-cause or cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients.
Authors
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Does not support abdominal obesity for mortality risk stratification in peritoneal dialysis; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
Cohort (n=84)
No
Does abdominal obesity increase all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients?
Abdominal obesity does not appear to be an independent risk factor for all-cause or cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients.
Jin et al. (2015) conducted a cohort in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (n=84). Abdominal obesity vs. Without abdominal obesity was evaluated on All-cause and cardiovascular-cause mortality. Abdominal obesity was not an independent risk factor for all-cause or cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients.
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