ArticleRenal failure2025
U-shaped association of body roundness index with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in individuals with chronic kidney disease.
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- Prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition among patients with pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease stages 3-5.Narra J · 2026Article
- Association of Body Roundness Index with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome stages 0-3: a cohort study.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2026Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to investigate the association between body roundness index (BRI) and deaths from all causes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in participants with chronic kidney disease (CKD). MATERIALS AND
methodsThe data was sourced from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2018. Cox proportional hazards regression along with restricted cubic splines were applied to assess the associations of BRI with deaths from all causes and CVD in individuals with CKD.
resultsIn total, 8,000 individuals were included in the final analysis. In participants with CKD, there was a nonlinear U-shaped association between BRI and deaths from all causes and CVD, with inflection points at 6.29 and 6.04. When BRI was below the inflection points, each unit increment of BRI correlated with a 11% reduction in deaths from all causes [HR: 0.89 (0.84-0.94),
conclusionIn this nationally representative study, we found a nonlinear U-shaped association between BRI and deaths from all causes and CVD among participants with CKD, with inflection points at 6.29 and 6.04. Further research is required to establish the optimal range of BRI as a measure of visceral fat deposition.
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