Sources of Variation in Estimates of Lean Body Mass by Creatinine Kinetics and by Methods Based on Body Water or Body Mass Index in Patients on Continuous Peritoneal Dialysis

Overhydration is not the sole factor accounting for the differences between LBMcr and either LBMV or LBMBMI in CPD patients. These differences also stem from the coefficients assigned to major determinants of body composition by the formulas estimating LBM.