Effects of keto acid supplements on Chinese patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis: a prospective, randomized, controlled, single-center clinical study.

CONCLUSIONS: In this cohort of Chinese patients with MHD, the patients in the control group whose dietary protein intake was 0.9 g/kg/day and total energy intake was 28 kcal/kg/day, maintained well nutritional status during study period. The KA supplement (0.1 g/kg/day) did not improve the essential amino acid/non-essential amino acid ratio, nor did it change the patients' mineral metabolism, inflammatory parameters, or body compositions.
PMID: 31833909 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chinese Medical Journal - December 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Li HL, Li H, Cao YF, Qi Y, Wang WQ, Liu SQ, Yang CD, Yu XY, Xu T, Zhu Y, Chen W, Tao JL, Li XW Tags: Chin Med J (Engl) Source Type: research