Surprise?

[cassandra]

I hope this link works http://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(17)30663-4/fulltext

[Paul]

in patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease

I would say this is even more true if you are dialysis dependent, as the heavier you are the safer it is to remove liquid.

Although, then again, the heavier you are, the more likely you are to die from a non-kidney related heart attack.

[Charlie B53]

I am slightly confused.  The article is addressing the NON-Dialysis renal patient, those patients that have not yet progressed to Dialysis treatment.

It can be difficult to compare to those of us that are on Dialysis.

Weight, better said excessive weight, places a strain on ALL the bodies systems and can not necessarily be labeled 'Good'.

However, there have been studies, I don't remember which right now, that did clearly show those that did have a FEW extra pounds to tolerate some conditions that required hospital care.  Note these few extra pounds were NOT morbidly obese.  I guess where they draw that line between a few pounds and morbid can be somewhat difficult.  Many people have far more than a few pounds and refuse to admit it is a problem.

Point being, excessively LEAN may not always be a healthy either.

That thing about Moderation again.