H Fukasawa1, M Kaneko1, H Niwa1, T Matsuyama1, H Yasuda2, H Kumagai3, R Furuya1. 1. Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwata City Hospital, Iwata, Japan. 2. First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan. 3. The Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/ OBJECTIVES: Higher body mass index appears protective in hemodialysis patients, although it remains to be determined which component of muscle or fat mass is primarily associated with this survival advantage. SUBJECTS/ METHODS: Eighty-one hemodialysis patients in our institution were prospectively followed from July 2011 to August 2015. Muscle and fat mass were evaluated by measuring the cross-sectional areas of the thigh and abdomen using computed tomography. The relationship between muscle and fat mass, and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality was studied using the Kaplan-Meier analyses and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models. RESULTS: During more than 4 years of follow-up, 26 patients (32%) died. In the Kaplan-Meier curve analyses, lower thigh muscle mass was significantly associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality (log-rank test, P<0.01 and P<0.001, respectively), but there was no such association with thigh fat, abdominal muscle and fat mass levels. In multivariate Cox proportional hazard models, each 0.1 cm2/kg increase in the thigh muscle area adjusted by dry weight was associated with an estimated 22% lower risk of all-cause mortality (95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.64-0.95, P<0.05) and a 30% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality (95% CI, 0.54-0.90, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Lower thigh muscle mass is significantly associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients. Our findings indicate the importance of focusing on the muscle mass of lower extremities to predict the clinical outcomes of hemodialysis patients.
BACKGROUND/ OBJECTIVES: Higher body mass index appears protective in hemodialysis patients, although it remains to be determined which component of muscle or fat mass is primarily associated with this survival advantage. SUBJECTS/ METHODS: Eighty-one hemodialysis patients in our institution were prospectively followed from July 2011 to August 2015. Muscle and fat mass were evaluated by measuring the cross-sectional areas of the thigh and abdomen using computed tomography. The relationship between muscle and fat mass, and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality was studied using the Kaplan-Meier analyses and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models. RESULTS: During more than 4 years of follow-up, 26 patients (32%) died. In the Kaplan-Meier curve analyses, lower thigh muscle mass was significantly associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality (log-rank test, P<0.01 and P<0.001, respectively), but there was no such association with thigh fat, abdominal muscle and fat mass levels. In multivariate Cox proportional hazard models, each 0.1 cm2/kg increase in the thigh muscle area adjusted by dry weight was associated with an estimated 22% lower risk of all-cause mortality (95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.64-0.95, P<0.05) and a 30% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality (95% CI, 0.54-0.90, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Lower thigh muscle mass is significantly associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients. Our findings indicate the importance of focusing on the muscle mass of lower extremities to predict the clinical outcomes of hemodialysis patients.
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