Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) and wasting are increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis subjects. Hemodialysis treatment increases the inflammatory cytokines which further increases the PEM in hemodialysis subjects. Assessment of nutritional status paves the way for diagnosing the nutritional status of hemodialysis subjects. Early nutrition assessment helps to decrease the hospitalization of hemodialysis subjects. Subject Global Assessment is the simple tool to assess the nutritional status of hemodialysis subjects which consist of anthropometric measurements and clinical evaluation of edema. Serum albumin was also considered a tool to assess the nutritional status of hemodialysis subjects. Hypoalbuminemia was a powerful predictor of mortality. This study focus on comparing the nutritional status of ninety hemodialysis subjects through Subjective Global Assessment and serum albumin. From this study it was found that there was no correlation between the SGA and serum albumin levels. Hypoalbuminemia does not positively correlate with low Subjective Global Assessment values. And low serum albumin may be also due to poor calorie and protein intake, inflammatory cytokines and fluid accumulation.
