Combination of clinical frailty score and myostatin concentrations as mortality predictor in hemodialysis patients

Frailty is common among hemodialysis (HD) patients. Its assessment is usually based on clinical criteria. In the present work, we evaluated the interest of combining clinical frailty score and biomarkers to predict mortality of chronic HD patients. Four biomarkers were assessed: myostatin, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) and serum creatinine-to-cystastin C ratio (SCr/SCys).