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

Table 7.

Nutritional outcomes associated with anorexia and appetite hormones in HD patients.

Associations References
Poor Appetite
BMI, MAC, MAMC, and MAMA Bossola et al., 2011 [167]; Sahathevan et al., 2015 [148]
Muscle mass as per BCM, LTM, and LBM index measures Ekramzadeh et al., 2014 [166]; Sahathevan et al., 2015 [148]; Oliveira et al., 2015 [100]
Serum albumin, serum prealbumin and
nPCR/nPNA
Molfino et al., 2015 [177]; Oliveira et al., 2015 [100]; Bossola et al., 2011 [167]; Kalantar-Zadeh et al., 2004 [163]
hsCRP Sahathevan et al., 2015 [148]; Kalantar-Zadeh et al., 2004 [163]
DMS, MIS and PG-SGA Sahathevan et al., 2015 [148]
Ekramzadeh et al., 2014 [66]; Kalantar-Zadeh et al., 2004 [163]
GNRI Oliveira et al., 2015 [100]
Overall food intake of < 50% Molfino et al., 2015 [177]
DEI and DPI Sahathevan et al., 2015 [148]
Ghrelin
BMI Mafra et al., 2010 [175]
Serum albumin and nPNA Perez-Fontan et al., 2004 [178]
MIS Vanita et al., 2016 [170]
SGA Perez-Fontan et al., 2004 [178]
Leptin
BMI, leptin Montazerifar et al., 2015 [173]
Serum albumin, leptin Montazerifar et al., 2015 [173]
DMS and MIS, leptin Kursat et al., 2010 [179]; Ko et al., 2020 [172]

Abbreviations: BCM, body cell mass; BMI, body mass index; DEI, dietary energy intake; DMS, Dialysis Malnutrition Score; DPI, dietary protein intake; GNRI, Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index; HD, hemodialysis; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LBM, lean body mass; LTM, lean tissue mass; MAMA, mid-arm muscle area; MAC, mid-arm circumference; MAMC, mid-arm muscle circumference; MIS, malnutrition–inflammation score; nPCR, normalized protein catabolic rate; nPNA, normalized protein nitrogen appearance, PG-SGA, patient-generated subjective global assessment; SGA, subjective global assessment. Notes: decreased trend; increased trend.