BMI, Diabetes, and Mortality: HD and PD Differ

Among 3,235 patients with diabetes on dialysis followed for 3.9 + 3.5 years, most (2,452) were on HD, with 783 on PD. During the study, 53% (1,688) patients died (1,275: HD; 413: PD). In HD patients, mortality risk was higher in those with BMIs <18.5 kg/m2 and lower when BMI ranged from 25.1 to 40 kg/m2. No relationship was found between BMI and mortality risk on PD.

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