Table 4.
Relationship between fast food consumption and nutritional parameters.
| Number of Fast Food Meals per Day |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutritional Parameters | None (n=113) | 0.25–0.49 (n=47) | 0.50–0.74 (n=21) | 0.75+ (n=13) | p value |
| Serum Albumin, g/dL* | 3.41 | 3.45 | 3.41 | 3.44 | .22 |
| Serum Potassium mEq/L | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.1 | .17 |
| Serum Phosphorus mg/dL | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.6 | <.001 |
| Interdialytic Weight Gain, % of dry weight | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | .03 |
| Body Mass Index, kg/m² | 29.4 | 28.2 | 27.5 | 26.4 | .34 |
| Subjective Global | |||||
| Assessment, % | .18 | ||||
| Well nourished | 40 | 45 | 62 | 42 | |
| Moderately malnourished | 55 | 51 | 38 | 58 | |
| Severely malnourished | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
*
To convert albumin in g/dL to g/L, multiply by 10. To convert sodium or potassium in mEq/L to mmol/L, multiply by 1. To convert phosphorus in mg/dL to mmol/L, multiply by 0.323.