Pearson correlation coefficients between waist circumference and the other variables in hemodialysis patients (n = 204).

<p>Pearson correlation coefficients between waist circumference and the other variables in hemodialysis patients (n = 204).</p

Logistic regression of multiple factors associated with PAD in hemodialysis patients (n = 204).

<p>AO, abdominal obesity; CI, confidence interval.</p

Logistic regression of multiple factors associated with abdominal obesity in hemodialysis patients (n = 204).

<p>Model 1: By using multiple logistic foreward regression analysis, all covariates were used for analysis. Model 2: By using multiple logistic foreward regression analysis, all covariates were used for analysis, except body mass index. CI, confidence interval.</p

Differences of clinical and biochemical parameters in hemodialysis patients between abdominal obesity and non-abdominal obesity.

<p>Differences of clinical and biochemical parameters in hemodialysis patients between abdominal obesity and non-abdominal obesity.</p

Supplementary_Table_3 – Supplemental material for Contributors, risk associates, and complications of frailty in patients with chronic kidney disease: a scoping review

Supplemental material, Supplementary_Table_3 for Contributors, risk associates, and complications of frailty in patients with chronic kidney disease: a scoping review by Patrick Yihong Wu, Chia-Ter Chao, Ding-Cheng Chan, Jenq-Wen Huang and Kuan-Yu Hung in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease</p

Healthcare utilization, medical costs and mortality associated with malnutrition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a matched cohort study

Objective: Although disease-related malnutrition has prognostic implications for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), its health-economic impact and clinical burdens are uncertain. We conducted a population-level study to investigate these questions. Methods: We excerpted data relevant to malnutrition, prolonged mechanical ventilation and medications from claims by 1,197,098 patients which were consistent with COPD and registered by the Taiwan National Health Insurance Administration between 2009 and 2013. These patients were separated into cohorts with or without respiratory failure requiring long-term mechanical ventilation, and each cohort was divided to compare cases who developed malnutrition after their first diagnosis consistent with COPD, versus non-malnourished propensity-score matched controls. Results: The prevalence of malnutrition was 3.8% overall (10,259/287,000 non-ventilator-dependent; 1198/15,829 ventilator-dependent). Propensity-score matched non-ventilator-dependent patients who became malnourished (N = 10,242) had comparatively more hospitalizations, emergency room and outpatient visits, longer hospitalization (all p N = 40,968). Malnourished ventilator-dependent patients (N = 1197) had higher rates of hospitalization, emergency room and outpatient visits, but shorter hospitalization (all p N = 4788). Total medical expenditure on malnourished non-ventilator-dependent COPD patients was 75% higher than controls (p p  Conclusions: Malnourishment among COPD patients who were not dependent on mechanical ventilation was associated with greater healthcare resource utilization and higher aggregate medical costs.</p

Additional file 3: Table S2. of Monitoring of serum lactate level during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult in-hospital cardiac arrest

Baseline characteristics of study patients stratified by lactate level. (DOCX 17 kb

Additional file 5: Table S4. of Monitoring of serum lactate level during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult in-hospital cardiac arrest

Multiple logistic regression model with secondary outcomes as the dependent variable. (DOCX 17 kb

Additional file 2: Figure S1. of Monitoring of serum lactate level during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult in-hospital cardiac arrest

Generalized additive model plot for non-parametric modelling of the effect of serum lactate level on the logit of probability for survival to hospital discharge. (TIFF 23 kb

Additional file 1: Table S1. of Monitoring of serum lactate level during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult in-hospital cardiac arrest

Definitions of comorbidities used in the multivariable models. (DOCX 21 kb