COVID-19 is more lethal in hemodialysis chronic kidney disease patients with lower score in the six minutes walk test

Abstract

This study was a retrospective cohort study that included all HD patients from an in-hospital dialysis center. The inclusion criteria were CKD patients with a positive RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 and that had been submitted at least to one test of functional capacity evaluation at beginning of November/2020.