Is magnitude of end-dialysis overweight associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality : a 3-year prospective study?
High edOW is independently associated with an increased long-term risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in HD patients. Better survival was observed in patients with edOW <0.3 kg. For patients with higher edOW, longer or more frequent dialysis sessions should be considered in order to prevent the deleterious consequences of excessive body fluid expansion.
We suggest that hypogastrinemia and impaired ECL cell function in the oxyntic mucosa of the stomach might be partially responsible for the reduction in body weight that occurs after gastric bypass.