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Assessing protein energy wasting in a Malaysian haemodialysis population using self-reported appetite rating: a cross-sectional study

Sahathevan S 1 , Se CH 2 , Ng SH 3 , Chinna K 4 , Harvinder GS 5 , Chee WS 6 Show all authors , Goh BL 7 , Gafor HA 8 , Bavanandan S 9 , Ahmad G 10 , Karupaiah T 11

Affiliations 

  • 1 Dietetics Program, School of Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. sham_0901@yahoo.com
  • 2 Dietetics Program, School of Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. jeremysch3232@gmail.com
  • 3 Dietetics Program, School of Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. seehoe88@gmail.com
  • 4 Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. karuthan@gmail.com
  • 5 Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Medical University, No.126, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. harvin3386@yahoo.com
  • 6 Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Medical University, No.126, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. winnie_chee@imu.edu.my
  • 7 Department of Nephrology, Serdang Hospital, Jalan Puchong, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. bak.leong@gmail.com
  • 8 Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Malaysia. halimgafor@gmail.com
  • 9 Department of Nephrology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, 50586, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. sbavanandan@gmail.com
  • 10 Department of Nephrology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, 50586, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ghazaliahmad@moh.gov.my
  • 11 Dietetics Program, School of Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. tilly_karu@yahoo.co.uk
BMC Nephrol, 2015;16:99.
PMID: 26149396 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-015-0073-x

Abstract

Poor appetite could be indicative of protein energy wasting (PEW) and experts recommend assessing appetite in dialysis patients. Our study aims to determine the relationship between PEW and appetite in haemodialysis (HD) patients.

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