Poor nutritional status is associated with low physical activity in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

Combined Assessment of Nutritional Status in Patients With Peritoneal Dialysis Using Bioelectrical Impedance Vectors and Malnutrition Inflammation Score/ Evaluación Combinada Del Estado De Nutrición en Pacientes Con Diálisis Peritoneal Mediante Vectores De Impedancia Bioeléctrica Y Puntaje De Inflamación Y Desnutrición

“…Wakamiya et al (24) found that undernourished PD patients assessed by the geriatric nutritional index had a lower serum albumin concentration compared to well-nourished patients (3.1 vs 3.8 g/dl), which was also found in our study when patients were evaluated by MIS, but not by BIVA. This is evident because the MIS considers albuminemia as a parameter within the evaluation, but not BIVA.…”

Changes in geriatric nutritional risk index and risk of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in incident peritoneal dialysis patients

“…The GNRI was calculated with an equation validated in dialysis patients [ 13 , 17 – 19 , 21 – 26 ]: GNRI = [1.489 × albumin (g/L)] + [(41.7 × (body weight/ideal body weight)]. Ideal body weight was calculated from the Lorentz equation [ 16 , 17 , 24 ].…”

“…Ideal body weight was calculated from the Lorentz equation [ 16 , 17 , 24 ]. If a patient’s body weight was above the ideal body weight, the ratio of body weight to ideal body weight was replaced with 1, in accordance with previous studies [ 16 , 17 , 24 , 26 ]. In our study, the dry body weight was used as body weight and was determined by the patient’s nephrologist in the context of hypotension, blood pressure, peripheral edema, or pulmonary edema on chest X-ray.…”

Exercise and physical activity for people receiving peritoneal dialysis: Why not?

“…Studies measuring activity in PD patients using pedometers and accelerometers demonstrate that the vast majority of PD patients is considered sedentary, as measured by less than 5,000 steps per day . The average 50‐year‐old PD patient has the equivalent activity level of a 70‐year‐old, with 50% of the physical activity levels compared with age‐matched nondialysis people .…”

“…Studies measuring activity in PD patients using pedometers and accelerometers demonstrate that the vast majority of PD patients is considered sedentary, as measured by less than 5,000 steps per day. [8][9][10] The average 50-year-old PD patient has the equivalent activity level of a 70-year-old, 11 with 50% of the physical activity levels compared with age-matched nondialysis people. 1 This can be partly DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12784 paper draws on the literature in addition to the experience of programs in France, the United States, and Australia to demonstrate the possibilities when considering increasing physical activity in this group.…”