• Shunsuke Yamada, Masatomo Taniguchi, Masanori Tokumoto, Ryota Yoshitomi, Hisako Yoshida, Narihito Tatsumoto, Hideki Hirakata, Satoru Fujimi, Takanari Kitazono, and Kazuhiko Tsuruya.
• Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
• Am. J. Kidney Dis. 2017 Aug 1; 70 (2): 270-280.

BackgroundHemodialysis patients are at increased risk for bone fracture and sarcopenia. There is close interplay between skeletal muscle and bone. However, it is still unclear whether lower skeletal muscle mass increases the risk for bone fracture.Study DesignCross-sectional study and prospective longitudinal cohort study.Setting & ParticipantsAn independent cohort of 78 hemodialysis patients in the cross-sectional study and 3,030 prevalent patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis prospectively followed up for 4 years.PredictorSkeletal muscle mass measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and modified creatinine index, an estimate of skeletal muscle mass based on age, sex, Kt/V for urea, and serum creatinine level.OutcomesBone fracture at any site.ResultsIn the cross-sectional study, modified creatinine index was significantly correlated with skeletal muscle mass measured by BIA. During a median follow-up of 3.9 years, 140 patients had bone fracture. When patients were divided into sex-specific quartiles based on modified creatinine index, risk for bone fracture estimated by a Fine-Gray proportional subdistribution hazards model with all-cause death as a competing risk was significantly higher in the lower modified creatinine index quartiles (Q1 and Q2) compared to the highest modified creatinine index quartile (Q4) as the reference value in both sexes (multivariable-adjusted HRs for men were 7.81 [95% CI, 2.63-23.26], 5.48 [95% CI, 2.08-14.40], 2.24 [95% CI, 0.72-7.00], and 1.00 [P for trend < 0.001], and for women were 4.44 [95% CI, 1.50-13.11], 2.33 [95% CI, 0.86-6.31], 1.96 [95% CI, 0.82-4.65], and 1.00 [P for trend = 0.007] for Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4, respectively).LimitationsOne-time assessment of modified creatinine index; no data for residual kidney function and fracture sites and causes.ConclusionsModified creatinine index was correlated with skeletal muscle mass measured by BIA. Lower modified creatinine index was associated with increased risk for bone fracture in male and female hemodialysis patients.Copyright © 2017 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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