Comparing mortality in renal patients on hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis using a marginal structural model

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Van Der Wal, Willem M ^a   Noordzij, Marlies ^a   Dekker, Friedo W ^b   Boeschoten, Elisabeth W ^c   Krediet, Raymond T ^a   Korevaar, Johanna C ^a   Geskus, Ronald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Hans Mak Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causal modeling; Inverse probability weighting; Renal dialysis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL; AGE; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77249107784     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1166     Document Type: Article

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