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The protective effect of obesity on the survival of patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), described as the obesity paradox, has been established previously. Survival benefits also have been ascribed to permanent modes of HD access (fistula/graft) compared with catheter at first HD. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of incident HD access type on the obesity paradox.

A retrospective study of all patients with ESRD in the US Renal Database System who initiated HD between 2006 and 2010 was carried out. Multivariate logistic, Cox regression, and propensity score matched analyses were used to evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI), modes of HD access (fistula/graft vs catheter), and mortality.

There were 501,920 dialysis initiates studied; 83% via catheter, 14% via fistula, and 3% via grafts. Mortality was lesser for …