Open AccessFluid intake and all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and kidney function: a population-based longitudinal cohort study
Author(s) -
Suetonia C. Palmer,
Germaine Wong,
Samuel Iff,
Jean Yang,
Vivek Jayaswal,
Jonathan C. Craig,
Elena Rochtchina,
Paul Mitchell,
Jie Jin Wang,
Giovanni FM Strippoli
Publication year - 2014
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/gft507
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , cohort study , fluid intake , kidney disease , population , demography , environmental health , sociology
Drinking eight glasses of fluid or water each day is widely believed to improve health, but evidence is sparse and conflicting. We aimed to investigate the association between fluid consumption and long-term mortality and kidney function.
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