Hypocholesterolemia is a significant predictor of death in a cohort of chronic hemodialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1887-1893

  Iseki, Kunitoshi ^a   Yamazato, Masanobu ^a   Tozawa, Masahiko ^a   Takishita, Shuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypoalbuminemia; Japan and hemodialysis; Risk factors in HD; Serum cholesterol

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036233727     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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