The hemodialysis pilot study: nutrition program and participant characteristics at baseline

JT Dwyer, PJ Cunniff, BJ Maroni, JD Kopple… - Journal of renal …, 1998 - Elsevier
Objective: Describe the nutrition program (assessments and interventions) and the
participants' baseline nutritional characteristics in the Hemodialysis Pilot Study. Design:
Cross sectional survey in which hemodialysis patients were examined during 10 weeks of
baseline (BL), before randomization study interventions (dose and flux). Setting: Four
hemodialysis centers (eight dialysis units in total). Patients: Twenty-nine male (mean age, 63
years; range, 34 to 75) and 20 female (mean age, 61 years; range, 29 to 73) hemodialysis …