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Trisha L Parsons1, Rosemarié E Rombough, Cheryl E King-Vanvlack
1School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. parsonst@queensu.ca
Background:
Waist circumference (WC) is a known indicator of cardiovascular disease in the haemodialysis (HD) population. However it is not known if HD results in clinically significant changes in WC.
Objective:
The study purpose was to quantify the degree of change in WC induced by HD.
Methods:
This was a prospective cohort study with 27 patients on HD. Height, body weight, WC, hip circumference (HC), body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (WHR) were measured immediately prior to and following HD over three consecutive treatments. Differences between three-day average pre- and post-HD weight, BMI, WC, HC and WHR were assessed.
Results:
Post-HD WC was significantly lower than that measured pre-HD. Differences in pre-post HD body weight, BMI, HC and WHR were also observed.
Conclusions:
All of the traditional clinical indicators of body composition (WC, HC, WHR, body weight and BMI) were lower following HD.
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