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Modality of chronic renal replacement therapy and survival--a complete cohort from Finland, 2000-2009
Author(s) -
Mikko Haapio,
Jaakko Helve,
L. Kyllönen,
Carola GrönhagenRiska,
Patrik Finne
Publication year - 2013
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/gft326
Subject(s) - medicine , renal replacement therapy , cohort , dialysis , confounding , modality (human–computer interaction) , treatment modality , hemodialysis , peritoneal dialysis , cohort study , kidney disease , dialysis therapy , intensive care medicine , human–computer interaction , computer science
Studies on dialysis modality and survival have shown conflicting results, mostly due to insufficient and varying control of confounding factors. Using comprehensive data on a well-defined patient cohort, we therefore investigated the association of dialysis modality with survival on chronic renal replacement therapy (RRT) and whether this association varies between subgroups of patients.

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