1. Vegetarian diet in dialysis patients
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Chen, Mei-Yin, Ou, Shih-Hsiang, Yen, Ming-Chen, Lee, Meei-Shyuan, Chen, Nai-Ching, Yin, Chun-Hao, and Chen, Chien-Liang
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omnivore ,Adult ,Male ,Adolescent ,Observational Study ,Nutritional Status ,body mass index ,vitamin D ,malnutrition ,Young Adult ,Renal Dialysis ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,vegetarian ,Diet, Vegetarian ,Nutritional Requirements ,Middle Aged ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,dialysis ,Kidney Failure, Chronic ,Female ,protein ,Energy Intake ,Research Article - Abstract
Nutritional status is a predictor of mortality and morbidity in dialysis patients. This study aimed to assess dietary behaviors in dialysis patients compared to the recommendations of the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative. Ninety five dialysis patients recruited from a hospital completed a 24-hour dietary recall questionnaire. Body weight, energy requirements, protein requirements, albumin, normalized protein catabolic rate, and 25(OH) vitamin D levels were measured. Of the 95 patients, 11 (11.6%) were below the desirable body mass index range, 59 (62.1%) were within the desired range, and 25 (26.3%) were above the desired range. However, only 32.7% of patients met the target energy intake, 29.5% reached the protein intake target, and 20.0% had adequate vitamin D concentrations. Vegetarian patients had lower energy, protein, fat, vitamin D intake, lower body mass index, serum blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, phosphate, normalized protein catabolic rate, and vitamin D status than the omnivorous patients (P
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- 2021