The modulating effect of dietary protein intake on mortality in long-term hemodialysis patients: A nationwide population-based study

AIMS OF THE STUDY A high prevalence of protein-energy wasting and malnutrition among uremic patients is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. We aimed to investigate the modulating effect of daily dietary protein intake (DPI) evaluated by normalised protein catabolic rate (nPCR) on mortality in long-term haemodialysis (HD) patient from a nationwide population-based study. METHODS USED TO CONDUCT THE STUDY By Taiwan Renal Registry Data System between 2005 and 2012, we divided the long-term HD patients into average nPCR