Kidney Res Clin Pract.  2018 Dec;37(4):393-403. 10.23876/j.krcp.18.0035.

Changes in bioimpedance analysis components before and after hemodialysis

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
  • 2Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 4Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. yoonkyu@snu.ac.kr

Abstract

BACKGROUND
This study compared nutritional parameters in hemodialysis (HD) subjects and controls using bioimpedance analysis (BIA) and investigated how BIA components changed before and after HD.
METHODS
This cross-sectional study included 147 subjects on maintenance HD from two hospitals and 298 propensity score-matched controls from one healthcare center. BIA was performed pre- and post-HD at mid-week dialysis sessions.
RESULTS
Extracellular water/total body water (ECW/TBW) and waist-hip ratio were higher in the HD patients; the other variables were higher in the control group. The cardiothoracic ratio correlated best with overhydration (r = 0.425, P < 0.01) in HD subjects. Blood pressure, hemoglobin, creatinine, and uric acid positively correlated with the lean tissue index in controls; however, most of these nutritional markers did not show significant correlations in HD subjects. Normal hydrated weight was predicted to be higher in the pre-HD than post-HD measurements. Predicted ultrafiltration (UF) volume difference based on pre- and post-HD ECW/TBW and measured UF volume difference showed a close correlation (r 2 = 0.924, P < 0.01). Remarkably, the leg phase angle increased in the post-HD period.
CONCLUSION
The estimated normal hydrated weight using ECW/TBW can be a good marker for determining dry weight. HD subjects had higher ECW/TBW but most nutritional indices were inferior to those of controls. It was possible to predict UF volume differences using BIA, but the post-HD increase in leg phase angle, a nutritional marker, must be interpreted with caution.

Keyword

Bioimpedance; Hemodialysis; Lean tissue index; Nutritional status; Overhydration

MeSH Terms

Blood Pressure
Body Water
Creatinine
Cross-Sectional Studies
Delivery of Health Care
Dialysis
Humans
Leg
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status
Renal Dialysis*
Ultrafiltration
Uric Acid
Waist-Hip Ratio
Creatinine
Uric Acid
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