Association of nutritional status with handgrip strength in patients with chronic kidney disease
Camila Pacheco Freire,
Helânia Virgínia Dantas dos Santos
Abstract:Objective Evaluation of handgrip strength with indicators of nutritional status in chronic kidney disease patients. Methods This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study, with an analytical approach conducted at Hospital das Clínicas de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, between May and September 2022. Demographic, clinical, anthropometric and biochemical variables were evaluated. Individuals, males and females, were classified with low or high handgrip strength. The upper left or right limb was assessed, based on a … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.