Association of Smoking with Cardiovascular and Infection-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis | Zendy

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Association of Smoking with Cardiovascular and Infection-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis

Author(s) -

Finnian R. Mc Causland,

Steven M. Brunelli,

Sushrut S. Waikar

Publication year - 2012

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.03880412

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , poisson regression , rate ratio , proportional hazards model , comorbidity , confidence interval , population , hemodialysis , mortality rate , environmental health

Smoking is common in the hemodialysis population and is associated with increased all-cause mortality and development of cardiovascular disease. Cause-specific outcomes have not yet been examined in detail. This study investigated the association of baseline smoking status with all-cause, cardiovascular, and infection-related morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis.

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