Iron status and chronic kidney disease predict restless legs syndrome in an older hospital population

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-301

  Quinn, Colin ^a   Uzbeck, Mateen ^a   Saleem, Imran ^a   Cotter, Paul ^a   Ali, Javed ^a   O'Malley, Grainne ^a   Gilmartin, J J ^a   O'Keeffe, Shaun T ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Chronic kidney disease; Ferritin; Infammation; Iron deficiency; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 79952184005     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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