Brazilian Dialysis Survey from 1999 to 2023: trends in demographics, nutritional status, primary disease, and viral serology
Overtime, the most striking changes occurred in age, nutritional status, and viral serologies. During the analyzed period, the dialysis population in Brazil has become older and with a higher prevalence of overweight. On the other hand, the prevalence of positive serology for hepatitis B and mainly hepatitis C exhibited a dramatic fall.
Authors
- Fabiana Baggio Nerbass (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9936-0185)
- Ricardo Sesso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1062-0073)
- Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6791-3910)
- Helbert do Nascimento Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0081-6897)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal Fluminense (BR)
- Universidade da Região de Joinville (BR)
- Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão (BR)
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
- Published
- 2025-06-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-8239-jbn-2025-0036en
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.86