Body mass index-mortality paradox in hemodialysis patients: Blood pressure, blood volume, and nutritional status

Hypertension

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 989-990

  Weir, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MORTALITY; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 83155180287     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.181818     Document Type: Note

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