Open AccessEffect of the duration of dialysis on survival in a cohort of chronic haemodialysis patients
Author(s) -
Ken Iseki,
Masahiko Tozawa,
Shuichi Takishita
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfg145
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , proportional hazards model , hemodialysis , hazard ratio , diabetes mellitus , cohort , confidence interval , risk factor , kidney disease , transplantation , surgery , blood pressure , endocrinology
Atherosclerosis and vascular calcification are common in chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients, and usually progress with time. Whether the length of dialysis treatment in chronic HD patients is a significant independent risk factor of death is not clear.
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