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Patient survival on dialysis in Korea: a different story?

Author(s) -

Marlies Noordzij,

Kitty J. Jager

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

kidney international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.499

H-Index - 276

eISSN - 1523-1755

pISSN - 0085-2538

DOI - 10.1038/ki.2014.194

Subject(s) - peritoneal dialysis , medicine , hemodialysis , dialysis , cohort , population , cohort study , propensity score matching , dialysis therapy , intensive care medicine , environmental health

In a propensity score-matched analysis of their cohort study including more than 32,000 hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients in South Korea, Kim and colleagues found that mortality risk was higher in peritoneal dialysis than in hemodialysis patients aged 55 years or older. Among younger patients, survival was similar for both treatment modalities. These findings are in contrast to most results from studies in Western countries. We discuss a number of factors that may explain these differences.

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