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Last updated 12 October 2009
Kidney disease patients have been urged to keep active so as to prolong their lives.
Research published in the Clinical Journal of the American found exercise has significant health benefits for individuals with kidney dysfunction.
Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) die prematurely, but not from effects directly related to kidney problems, health experts have claimed.
The new study looked at 15,368 adults - 5.9 per cent of whom had CKD – from the population of the United States.
After answering a questionnaire on the frequency and intensity of their leisure time physical activity, participants were divided into inactive, insufficiently active, and active groups. On average, participants were followed for seven to nine years.
The researchers found that 28 per cent of individuals with CKD were inactive, compared with 13.5 per cent of non-CKD individuals.
Active and insufficiently active CKD patients were 56 per cent and 42 per cent less likely to die during the study than inactive CKD patients,
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Commenting on the results, the authors declared: 'These data suggest that increased physical activity might have a survival benefit in the CKD population.
'This is particularly important as most patients with stage III CKD die before they develop end stage renal disease.'
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