Predicting chronic kidney disease outcomes: Are two estimated glomerular filtration rates better than one?

Population Health Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-118

  Deville, Jason ^a   Smith, David H ^b   Johnson, Eric S ^b   Yang, Xiuhai ^b   Petrik, Amanda F ^b   Weiss, Jessica R ^c   Thorp, Micah L ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ESTIMATED GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859991598     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2011.0012     Document Type: Article

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