Malnutrition is associated with poor kidney function, increased risk of kidney function decline and chronic kidney disease among older adults without advanced kidney disease, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.
Further, researchers noted that physicians might consider using preventative interventions to lower malnutrition risk (MR) among patients in this population.
“The association of malnutrition with CKD is well known,” Yanxia Lu, PhD, from the Cheeloo College of Medicine at Shandong University in China, and colleagues wrote. “No longitudinal