The Association of Prevalent Kidney Stone Disease with Mortality in US Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 1988-1994
Author(s) -
Jie Tang,
Pam Mettler,
Kim McFann,
Michel Chonchol
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1421-9670
pISSN - 0250-8095
DOI - 10.1159/000350691
Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , hazard ratio , kidney disease , kidney stone disease , national death index , population , renal function , diabetes mellitus , cause of death , mortality rate , kidney stones , disease , gastroenterology , endocrinology , confidence interval , environmental health
Kidney stone disease is associated with hypertension, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, kidney function decline, and increased cardiovascular (CV) events. However, its association with all-cause and CV mortality is unclear.
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