Physical Activity and Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease (NHANES III)
Author(s) -
Srinivasan Beddhu,
Bradley C. Baird,
Jennifer Zitterkoph,
Jill Neilson,
Tom Greene
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01970309
Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , kidney disease , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , population , observational study , confidence interval , environmental health
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with impaired physical activity. However, it is unclear whether the associations of physical activity with mortality are modified by the presence of CKD. Therefore, we examined the effects of CKD on the associations of physical activity with mortality.
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