The present study was designed to compare the
nutritional status of
hemodialysis (HD) and
continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (
CAPD)
patients. Subjects were 58 HD
patients (
male/
female = 29/29) and 33
CAPD patients (
male/
female=23/10) undergoing
dialysis treatment in
Artificial Kidney Unit of Chonbuk National
University Hospital. For
nutritional assessment, %IBW (
ideal body weight), %TSF (tricep
skin fold), %MAC (mid
arm circumference), %MAMC (mid
arm muscle circumference),
serum albumin,
serum transferrin, TLC (
total lymphocyte count), SGA (subjective global assessment) and estimated energy and
protein intakes by 1-month
food frequency
method were used. Between HD and
CAPD group, mean age (50+/-12 vs. 52+/-12 yr),
dialysis durations (37+/-36 vs. 30+/-26 mon), dietary energy intakes (28.3+/-9.0 vs. 28.8+/-8.6 kcal/kg/day),
dietary protein intakes (1.1+/-0.4 vs. 1.2+/-0.3 g/kg/day) and
incidence of co-morbid conditions (69.0% vs. 69.7%) were not significantly different. Data by using SGA showed a higher
incidence of
malnutrition in
CAPD patients (45.6%) than in HD
patients (36.2%). %IBW (p<0.001), %TSF (p<0.001) and %MAC (p<0.001) were higher in
CAPD patients than were in HD
patients. But
serum albumin (p<0.001) and
transferrin (p<0.001) were significantly lower in
CAPD patients than were in HD
patients. A higher
incidence of
malnutrition was shown in
CAPD Patients than in HD
Patients due to different
dialysis type. A significant finding was that
CAPD showed
protein deficient
malnutrition and HD did calorie deficient
malnutrition. It suggests that an adequate
dietary intake considering
dialysis type prevents a
prevalence of
malnutrition.