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. 2020 Oct 15;12(10):3147. doi: 10.3390/nu12103147

Table 6.

Suboptimal dietary intakes and mortality in HD patients.

Author/Year Country Patient No. Follow-Up DEI (kcal/ kg BW)/day Hazard Ratio
(95% CI)
DPI (g/kg BW/day) Hazard Ratio
(95% CI)
Survivors Non-Survivors Survivors Non-Survivors
Antunes et al., 2010 a [159] Brazil 79 33 (17–38) months 25.9
(22.0–29.8)
22.0
(18.0–26.0) b
- 1.20
(0.86–1.47)
0.93
(0.90–1.1)
DPI < 1.2g/kg:
4.98 (1.47–16.86) b
Araujo et al., 2006 [33] Brazil 344 10 years 27.4 ± 8.9 23.5 ± 7.4 b 0.96
(0.92–0.99) b
1.01 ± 0.38 0.92 ± 0.34 c -
Beberashvili et al., 2011 [164] Israel 85 2 years 20.8 ± 5.4 19.1 ± 1.4 - 0.88 ± 0.24 0.81 ± 0.10 -
Kang et al., 2017 [138] Korea 144 10 years 26.7 ± 5.8 24.3 ± 4.2 b DEI <25 kcal/kg:
1.86 (1.02–3.40) b
0.91 ± 0.21 0.82 ± 0.24 b DPI < 0.8g/kg:
1.35 (0.77–2.35)

Abbreviations: BW, body weight; CI, confidence interval; DEI, dietary energy intake; DPI, dietary protein intake; HD, hemodialysis. a Inclusive of HD and peritoneal dialysis patients. b Significant at p < 0.05. c Significant at p < 0.01.