Maintenance dialysis patients
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Chronic maintenance hemodialysis patients and peritoneal dialysis patients, renal transplant patients 2. Age 20 years or older 3. Free written consent has been obtained from the patient after full informed consent for participation in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with difficulty in diagnosing sarcopenia (difficulty in assessing physical capacity due to decreased ADL). 2. Patients for whom an abdominal CT has not been performed. 3. Patients who are judged by the principal investigator or sub-investigator to be inappropriate as research subjects. 4. Patients with insufficient ability to consent due to cognitive decline.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To investigate the association of PMI and iliopsoas muscle volume with criteria for sarcopenia and to determine cutoff values for PMI in dialysis patients. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kanazawa Medical University Department of Nephrology