Nutritional status of Korean peritoneal dialysis patients.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the nutritional status of Korean peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and to compare with data from Western literature, and to elucidate independent factors determining nutritional status and death.


METHODS
Cross-sectional single-center study.


METHODS
Kidney Center, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital.


METHODS
Ninety-eight CAPD patients were included. Of these, 54 patients were male, 32 patients were diabetic, mean age was 47.9+/-13.1 years, and mean duration of CAPD was 22.3+/-21.6 months. The patients were followed until death, transfer to hemodialysis (HD) or other units, transplantation, or until 3 years had elapsed after the first evaluation.


METHODS
Nutritional status was assessed by subjective global assessment (SGA), biochemical and anthropometric measurements, fat-free edema-free (FFEF) body mass by creatinine (Cr) kinetics, protein equivalent of total nitrogen appearance (PNA), and urea kinetic studies.


RESULTS
By SGA score, 53.1% of patients were classified as normal, 44.9% with mild-to-moderate malnutrition, and 2% with severe malnutrition. Patients with malnutrition were significantly older and had higher peritonitis rates, lower serum albumin (Alb), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum Cr, FFEF body mass, mid arm muscle circumference, and PNA (p < 0.05). On stepwise multiple regression analysis, the SGA score was negatively correlated with age and peritonitis rate (p < 0.01). At the end of the 3-year follow-up period, 11 patients were still on CAPD, 26 had died, 51 had transferred to HD and 5 to other units, 3 patients had been transplanted, and 2 patients were lost to follow-up. Patients who died during follow-up were older and had higher peritonitis rates and lower total serum protein, Alb, Cr, and FFEF body mass when compared to those who survived (p < 0.05). Independent predictors of death were age, peritonitis rate, and serum Alb (p < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Malnutrition was as common in Korean PD patients as reported in the Western literature. Our data suggests that, to prevent malnutrition and early death, it is important to reduce the peritonitis rate, to improve protein intake, and to prescribe an adequate dose of peritoneal dialysis.
Kidney Center, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Soon Chun Hyang University, Seoul, Korea.
S H
SH
Chung
M H
MH
Na
S H
SH
Lee
S J
SJ
Park
W S
WS
Chu
H B
HB
Lee
D000886:Anthropometry; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012307:Risk Factors; D014508:Urea / Q000378:metabolism
D011506:Proteins; D014508:Urea