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• TITLE: Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index as a Simple Predictor of Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Single Center Study

  AUTHORS: Sayaka Takahashi, Keiko Suzuki, Fumiko Kojima, Yoshiko Tanaka, Kosaku Nitta

  KEYWORDS: Hemodialysis, Malnutrition, Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index, Mortality

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol.6 No.5, May 22, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Background: Malnutrition is associated with higher risk of mortality in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. The geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) has been developed as a tool to assess the nutritional risk. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to examine the significance of the GNRI as a mortality predictor in MHD patients. Methods: We retrospectively examined the GNRI of 259 MHD patients aged 59.2 ± 12.8 years, and followed up for 36 months. The patients were divided into two groups according to GNRI values of 91.0. Predictors for all-cause mortality were examined using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional-hazards analyses. Results: During the follow-up period of 36 months, a total of 76 patients died. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that the subjects with a GNRI 91 (n = 230) (Log-rank test, p