Abstract:Background:In Malaysia, the number of patients on dialysis increased from 59 to almost 15,000 patients and the largest new population is older patients' age 55 years. Most of the hemodialysis (HD) patient's (69%) intake fall behind the recommendations which was lower than 35 kcal/kg energy and 50% lower than 1.2 gram protein/kg. This study aimed to determine the association between socio-demographic factors, medical history, anthropometry data, dietary intake and QOL with malnutrition among HD elderly.
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