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Obesity and mortality on dialysis—does age matter?

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The association between obesity and mortality has been observed to be paradoxical in persons on dialysis. Hoogeveen et al. examined whether the association between obesity and mortality on dialysis differed by age in participants in the NECOSAD2 study.

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  1. Division of Nephrology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, 4150 V Street Suite 3500, Sacramento, 95817, CA, USA

    Lorien S. Dalrymple

  2. Division of Nephrology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, One Shields Ave Genome Biomedical Sciences Facility, 451 Health Sciences Drive Room 6311, Davis, 95616, CA, USA

    George A. Kaysen

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Dalrymple, L., Kaysen, G. Obesity and mortality on dialysis—does age matter?. Nat Rev Nephrol 8, 258–260 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2012.63

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