The Relationship of Age, Race, and Ethnicity with Survival in Dialysis Patients | Zendy

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The Relationship of Age, Race, and Ethnicity with Survival in Dialysis Patients

Author(s) -

Guofen Yan,

Keith C. Norris,

Alison J. Yu,

Z. Jennie,

Tom Greene,

Wei Yu,

Alfred K. Cheung

Publication year - 2013

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.09180912

Subject(s) - medicine , demography , hazard ratio , ethnic group , dialysis , confidence interval , race (biology) , mortality rate , gerontology , botany , sociology , anthropology , biology

Reports on the racial and ethnic differences in dialysis patient survival rates have been inconsistent. The literature suggests that these survival differences may be modified by age as well as categorizing white race as inclusive of Hispanic ethnicity. The goal of this study was to better understand these associations by examining survival among US dialysis patients by age, ethnicity, and race.

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