Mid-Arm Muscle Circumference and Quality of Life and Survival in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Noori, Nazanin; D. Kopple, Joel; P. Kövesdy, Csaba; Feroze, Usama; J. Sim, John; B. Murali, Sameer; Luna, Amanda; Gomez, Myra; Luna, Claudia; Bross, Rachelle; R. Nissenson, Allen; Kalantar‐Zadeh, Kamyar

doi:10.2215/cjn.02080310

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Mid-Arm Muscle Circumference and Quality of Life and Survival in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Published in Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology • Oct 15, 2010

Authors:

Nazanin Noori

Joel D. Kopple

Csaba P. Kövesdy

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients with larger body or fat mass have greater survival than normal to low mass. We hypothesized that mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC), a conveniently measured surrogate of lean body mass (LBM), has stronger association with clinical o...

Subject

Medicine

Circumference

Hemodialysis

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