Significance of Adipose Tissue Maintenance in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis.

In 561 patients with a hemodialysis duration less than 180 months (age 62.3 ± 11.5 years, 336 males and 225 females), fat mass index for each year of hemodialysis tended to increase during the first three years of treatment and then showed a decreasing trend thereafter.

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