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Secondary hyperparathyroidism, weight loss, and longer term mortality in haemodialysis patients: results from the DOPPS

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Wasting is a common complication of kidney failure that leads to weight loss and poor outcomes. Recent experimental data identified parathyroid hormone (PTH) as a driver of adipose tissue browning… Click to show full abstract

Wasting is a common complication of kidney failure that leads to weight loss and poor outcomes. Recent experimental data identified parathyroid hormone (PTH) as a driver of adipose tissue browning and wasting, but little is known about the relations among secondary hyperparathyroidism, weight loss, and risk of mortality in dialysis patients.

Keywords: loss; weight loss; mortality; hyperparathyroidism weight; secondary hyperparathyroidism

Journal Title: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Year Published: 2021

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