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. 2012 Dec;7(12):2010-6.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.03660412. Epub 2012 Sep 13.

Habitual physical activity measured by accelerometer and survival in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Ryota Matsuzawa  1 , Atsuhiko Matsunaga, Guoqin Wang, Toshiki Kutsuna, Akira Ishii, Yoshifumi Abe, Yutaka Takagi, Atsushi Yoshida, Naonobu Takahira
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Habitual physical activity measured by accelerometer and survival in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Ryota Matsuzawa et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

Background and objectives: The association between mortality and physical activity based on self-report questionnaire in hemodialysis patients has been reported previously. However, because self-report is a subjective assessment, evaluating true physical activity is difficult. This study investigated the prognostic significance of habitual physical activity on 7-year survival in a cohort of clinically stable and adequately dialyzed patients.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements: A total of 202 Japanese outpatients who were undergoing maintenance hemodialysis three times per week at the hemodialysis center of Sagami Junkanki Clinic (Japan) from October 2002 to February 2012 were followed for up to 7 years. Physical activity was evaluated using an accelerometer at study entry and is expressed as the amount of time a patient engaged in physical activity on nondialysis days. Cox proportional hazard regression was used to assess the contribution of habitual physical activity to all-cause mortality.

Results: The median patient age was 64 (25th, 75th percentiles, 57, 72) years, 52.0% of the patients were women, and the median time on hemodialysis was 40.0 (25th, 75th percentiles, 16.8, 119.3) months at baseline. During a median follow-up of 45 months, 34 patients died. On multivariable analysis, the hazard ratio for all-cause mortality per 10 min/d increase in physical activity was 0.78 (95% confidence interval, 0.66-0.92; P=0.002).

Conclusions: Engaging in habitual physical activity among outpatients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis was associated with decreased mortality risk.

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Flow diagram of patient selection and exclusion process.
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Kaplan-Meier analysis of survival for 202 hemodialysis patients. Patients with physical activity time above the median value of 50 min/d (thick dark line) at baseline had significantly better survival than those with lower values (dotted line) (P=0.001 by log-rank test).
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