1. Association of obesity with 3-month mortality in kidney failure patients with COVID-19.
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Tantisattamo, Ekamol, Imhof, Celine, Jager, Kitty J, Hilbrands, Luuk B, Guidotti, Rebecca, Islam, Mahmud, Katicic, Dajana, Konings, Constantijn, Molenaar, Femke M, Nistor, Ionut, Noordzij, Marlies, Rodríguez Ferrero, María Luisa, Verhoeven, Martine AM, de Vries, Aiko PJ, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, Gansevoort, Ron T, Vart, Priya, and ERACODA collaborators
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ERACODA collaborators ,COVID-19 ,kidney failure ,mortality ,obesity paradox ,reverse epidemiology ,Kidney Disease ,Obesity ,Nutrition ,Prevention ,Renal and urogenital ,Good Health and Well Being - Abstract
BackgroundIn the general population with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), obesity is associated with an increased risk of mortality. Given the typically observed obesity paradox among patients on kidney function replacement therapy (KFRT), especially dialysis patients, we examined the association of obesity with mortality among dialysis patients or living with a kidney transplant with COVID-19.MethodsData from the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database (ERACODA) were used. KFRT patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between 1 February 2020 and 31 January 2021 were included. The association of Quetelet's body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2), divided into:
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- 2022