Skeletal muscle loss is negatively associated with single-pool Kt/V and dialysis duration in hemodialysis patients.

Ther Apher Dial

Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan; Department of Dialysis Center, Haga Red Cross Hospital, Mooka, Tochigi, Japan.

Published: December 2014

We evaluated the skeletal muscle loss in hemodialysis (HD) patients by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and handgrip strength test. Thirty-four HD patients and 16 healthy subjects (control group) were measured for skeletal muscle mass normalized as the skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), calculated as skeletal muscle mass (kg)/height (m)(2) using a tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance plethysmograph. Handgrip strength test was also performed using a hand dynamometer in both groups. In HD patients, the associations of SMI and handgrip strength with age, sex, HD conditions, and HD parameters such as body mass index (BMI), single-pool Kt/V (spKt/V), normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR), creatinine generation rate (CGR) and serum albumin level (Alb) were investigated. SMI of HD patients (4.58 ± 0.95 kg/m(2) ) was significantly lower than that of the control group (5.55 ± 0.80 kg/m(2) , P<0.01). The handgrip strength of HD patients (19.9 ± 7.74 kg) was also significantly lower than that of the control group (33.0 ± 8.94 kg, P<0.01). In HD patients, HD duration was associated with both SMI and handgrip strength. Among HD parameters, spKt/V was negatively associated with both SMI and handgrip strength, BMI and Alb were positively associated with SMI, while nPCR and CGR were associated with neither SMI nor handgrip strength. HD duration independently contributed to skeletal muscle loss and the value of spKt/V may be affected by skeletal muscle loss in HD patients.

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