title: [Nutritional status of old patients on programmed hemodialysis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study nutritional status of old patients on programmed hemodialysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 82 patients aged 60-88 years were divided into two groups by age: group 1 (n = 41) consisted of 60-75 year-olds, group 2 (n = 41) included 76-year-olds and older. The nutritional status (NS) was assessed by anthropometric and laboratory data, a prognostic hypotrophy index.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In group 1 NS was normal in 65.9% patients while in group 2--only in 29.2%. Older patients had obesity in 21.9% cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is shown that two thirds of presenile and senile patients have abnormal nutritional status. Taking into consideration the fact that protein-energy insufficiency is an unfavourable factor affecting the patients'survival, old patients need a special control of nutritional status and its early correction.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Revkovskaia
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Denisov
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Borisov
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index