Impact of age, race and ethnicity on dialysis patient survival and kidney transplantation disparities

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-194

  Rhee, Connie M ^a   Lertdumrongluk, Paungpaga ^a,i   Streja, Elani ^a   Park, Jongha ^a,j   Moradi, Hamid ^a   Lau, Wei Ling ^a   Norris, Keith C ^b,c   Nissenson, Allen R ^c,e   Amin, Alpesh N ^f   Kovesdy, Csaba P ^g,h   Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DAVITA INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^j University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Disparities; Ethnicity; Race; Survival; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MALNUTRITION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895585869     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358497     Document Type: Article

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