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This multicenter study aimed to confirm and extend these associations by examining the relationships of PA with QOL domains and survival outcomes in maintenance HD patients. Methods: In this multicenter cross-sectional study, 319 HD patients were stratified into sex-specific PA quartiles, and baseline characteristics, laboratory data, and body composition measures were compared across groups. Health-related QOL was assessed using the SF-36 and KDQOL-SF\u2122. Associations between PA and QOL were tested with multivariable linear regression models. Survival was evaluated using Kaplan\u2013Meier analysis with Bonferroni-adjusted pairwise comparisons. Results: Higher PA was significantly associated with favorable nutritional and laboratory parameters, including higher hemoglobin, albumin, creatinine, and GNRI, and lower NT-proBNP. PA also correlated positively with muscle mass and intracellular water, and inversely with the ECW\/ICW ratio. Multivariable analyses showed that PA remained independently associated with several physical QOL domains, including physical functioning, role\u2014physical, and general health, even after adjustment for dialysis adequacy (Kt\/V) and inflammation (CRP). Kaplan\u2013Meier analysis demonstrated lower survival in the lowest PA quartile, and ROC analysis identified sex-specific cutoff values for predicting mortality (4.0\u00b0 for females, 4.8\u00b0 for males). Conclusions: This multicenter confirmatory study showed that PA is independently associated with nutritional status, physical QOL, and mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients. 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