Peritoneal Dialysis International, Vol. 34, pp. 399–408 doi: 10.3747/pdi.2013.00056
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EFFECT OF BODY MASS INDEX ON OUTCOMES OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS IN INDIA
Narayan Prasad,1 Archana Sinha,1 Amit Gupta,1 Raj Kumar Sharma,1 Dharmendra Bhadauria,1 Abhilash Chandra,1 Kashi Nath Prasad,2 and Anupama Kaul1
♦ Objectives: We studied the effect of body mass index (BMI) at peritoneal dialysis (PD) initiation on patient and technique survival and on peritonitis during follow-up. ♦ Methods: We followed 328 incident patients on PD (176 with diabetes; 242 men; mean age: 52.6 ± 12.6 years; mean BMI: 21.9 ± 3.8 kg/m2) for 20.0 ± 14.3 months. Patients were categorized into four BMI groups: obese, ≥25 kg/m2; overweight, 23 – 24.9 kg/m2; normal, 18.5 – 22.9 kg/m2 (reference category); and underweight,
0896-8608/14 $3.00 + .00 Copyright © 2014 International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
EFFECT OF BODY MASS INDEX ON OUTCOMES OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS IN INDIA
Narayan Prasad,1 Archana Sinha,1 Amit Gupta,1 Raj Kumar Sharma,1 Dharmendra Bhadauria,1 Abhilash Chandra,1 Kashi Nath Prasad,2 and Anupama Kaul1
♦ Objectives: We studied the effect of body mass index (BMI) at peritoneal dialysis (PD) initiation on patient and technique survival and on peritonitis during follow-up. ♦ Methods: We followed 328 incident patients on PD (176 with diabetes; 242 men; mean age: 52.6 ± 12.6 years; mean BMI: 21.9 ± 3.8 kg/m2) for 20.0 ± 14.3 months. Patients were categorized into four BMI groups: obese, ≥25 kg/m2; overweight, 23 – 24.9 kg/m2; normal, 18.5 – 22.9 kg/m2 (reference category); and underweight,
