PMC:4159490 / 4911-6031 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/4159490","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"4159490","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/4159490","text":"All but four MHD patients were recruited from two DaVita Corporation-owned chronic dialysis centers in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. At the time of study, these two centers were treating 335 MHD patients. In order to increase the number of diabetic MHD patients, four MHD patients with diabetic nephropathy who satisfied the entry criteria were recruited from two additional DaVita chronic dialysis centers. Normal controls were of similar age range and gender distribution and had no known acute or chronic systemic illnesses or disorders of the extremities that could impede mobility or other physical activities. Normal controls were recruited from the South Bay area of Los Angeles County through their church affiliation. To our knowledge, no normal volunteers engaged in regular sports activities. The authors certify that they comply with the ethical guidelines for authorship and publishing of the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. This study was approved by the IRB of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. All subjects gave informed written consent.","tracks":[]}