Anaemia and mortality in haemodialysis patients: interaction of propensity score for predicted anaemia and actual haemoglobin levels | Zendy

Tricia Roberts | Zendy; Robert N. Foley | Zendy; Eric D. Weinhandl | Zendy; David T. Gilbertson | Zendy; Allan J. Collins | Zendy

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Anaemia and mortality in haemodialysis patients: interaction of propensity score for predicted anaemia and actual haemoglobin levels

Author(s) -

Tricia Roberts,

Robert N. Foley,

Eric D. Weinhandl,

David T. Gilbertson,

Allan J. Collins

Publication year - 2006

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/gfk095

Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , covariate , hemodialysis , anemia , confidence interval , statistics , mathematics

Haemoglobin levels in haemodialysis patients could represent unknown comorbidities, more severe levels of known comorbidities, as well as therapeutic choice. Thus, integrating factors predictive of anaemia with actual haemoglobin levels might improve prognostic discrimination.

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