Serum anion gap is predictive of mortality in an elderly population

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-127

  Ahn, Shin Young ^a   Ryu, Jiwon ^a   Baek, Seon Ha ^a   Han, Ji Won ^a   Lee, Jang Han ^b   Ahn, Soyeon ^a   Kim, Kwang Il ^a   Chin, Ho Jun ^a   Na, Ki Young ^a   Chae, Dong Wan ^a   Kim, Ki Woong ^a   Kim, Sejoong ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Bundang Jesaeng Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Albumin; Anion gap; Elderly; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY MORTALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KOREA; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE; ALBUMIN; ANION GAP; ELDERLY; MORTALITY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84890883805     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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