Race-dependent survival disparity on hemodialysis: Higher serum aluminum as an independent risk factor for higher mortality in whites

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1147-1154

  Salahudeen, Abdulla K ^a   Deogaygay, Bernadette ^a   Fleischmann, Erwin ^a   Bower, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Hemodialysis (HD); Hyperaluminemia; Mortality; Race; Serum aluminum; Survival; Whites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033661634     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2000.19828     Document Type: Article

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