Race, age, and mortality among patients undergoing dialysis [1]

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2215-

  Streja, Elani ^a   Molnar, Miklos Z ^a   Kovesdy, Csaba P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAUCASIAN; DIALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 81855173883     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1714     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Kucirka LM, Grams ME, Lessler J, et al. Association of race and age with survival among patients undergoing dialysis. JAMA. 2011;306(6):620-626.
2. US Renal Data System. USRDS 2007 Annual Data Report: Atlas of Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; 2007.
3. Streja E, Kovesdy CP, Molnar MZ, et al. Role of nutritional status and inflammation in higher survival of African American and Hispanic hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011;57(6):883-893.