Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 3-14 , January 2009

Why Is Protein–Energy Wasting Associated With Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease?

  • Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA
    • Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, Division of Nephrology Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center (111D), 1970 Roanoke Blvd, Salem, VA 24153
    • ,
  • Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Harold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research and Epidemiology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

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 The authors were supported by a research grant (R01 DK078106) from the National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Kalantar-Zadeh has received grants or honoraria from NovoNordisk, the manufacturer of growth hormone; Abbott, the manufacturer of Nepro and Oxepa; and Nutripletion, the manufacturer of intradialytic parenteral nutrition. Dr. Kovesdy has no conflicts of interest to declare.

PII: S0270-9295(08)00165-4

doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.10.002

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 3-14 , January 2009

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