The association between olfactory and gustatory dysfunction and chronic kidney disease

Autor: Api Chewcharat, Elizabeth A. Phipps, Khushboo Bhatia, Sahir Kalim, Andrew S. Allegretti, Meghan E. Sise, Teodor G. Păunescu, Rituvanthikaa Seethapathy, Sagar U. Nigwekar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMC Nephrology, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2369
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-021-02659-6
Popis: Abstract Background Olfactory and gustatory changes may contribute to poor appetite and food aversion in chronic kidney disease (CKD), though the prevalence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunction is not known in the CKD population. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study among 3527 US adults aged ≥40 years old in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2013 and 2014. We measured the prevalence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunction among patients with CKD defined as eGFR
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