Nutritional Status of Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Comparison of anthropometric and biochemical parameters with nutritional status of hemodialysis patients. N = 160.

Parameters	Total N = 160	Well-nourished n = 62 (38.8%)	Malnourished n = 98 (61.2%)	value
Dry weight (kg)	63.2 ± 11.9	69.7 ± 11.5	59.1 ± 10.3	<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)	22.5 ± 4.0	24.8 ± 4.1	21.0 ± 3.1	<0.001
MUAC (cm)	25.0 ± 3.9	27.3 ± 3.5	23.5 ± 3.4	<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	85.8 ± 14.2	91.9 ± 14.7	81.8 ± 12.4	<0.001
Serum albumin (g/dl)	3.72 ± 0.48	3.84 ± 0.52	3.65 ± 0.45	0.015
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	151.9 ± 39.7	162.5 ± 40.1	145.2 ± 38.2	0.007
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	9.3 ± 1.9	9.7 ± 1.9	9.1 ± 1.9	0.058
Pre-HD creatinine (µmol/l)	845 ± 377	895 ± 436	814 ± 332	0.183
Post-HD creatinine (µmol/l)	317 ± 177	355 ± 218	293 ± 142	0.032
Pre-HD urea (mmol/l)	19.4 ± 11.3	20.1 ± 11.9	18.9 ± 10.9	0.504
Post-HD urea (mmol/l)	5.9 ± 4.3	6.2 ± 5.0	5.6 ± 3.8	0.374
Urea reduction rate (%)	70.2 ± 11.3	70.2 ± 11.5	70.2 ± 11.3	0.985

Test-statistic: Student’s t-test.