Examining the robustness of the obesity paradox in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a marginal structural model analysis

Conclusions
The linear inverse relationship between BMI and mortality is robust across models including MSM analyses that more completely account for time-varying confounders and biases.

Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - July 31, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Doshi, M., Streja, E., Rhee, C. M., Park, J., Ravel, V. A., Soohoo, M., Moradi, H., Lau, W. L., Mehrotra, R., Kuttykrishnan, S., Kovesdy, C. P., Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Chen, J. L. T. Tags: Intra- and Extracorporeal Treatments of Kidney Failure Source Type: research