title: [Longitudinal anthropometric study of patients treated with hemodialysis maintenance].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Protein-caloric malnutrition occurs commonly in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) therapy and can be detected by several methods.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this work, anthropometric techniques are employed to assess the nutritional status of 15 maintenance HD ambulatory patients. Measurements of weight, triceps skinfold thickness and arm muscle area were obtained and followed at 8 and 19 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the beginning, 70% of patients had body weight within normal limits, but 53% of them showed reductions in skinfold thickness, more strikingly in women, and 87% of male patients evidenced some degree of muscle wasting. Longitudinal data showed a tendency to fat depletion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results point out the need of appropriate diets in these patients to avoid further deterioration in their nutritional status.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología y Nutrición, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gómez Bezares
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Martínez Hernández
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larralde Berrio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
vernacular_title: Estudio antropométrico longitudinal en pacientes tratados con hemodiálisis de mantenimiento.