Open AccessDiet, indicators of kidney disease, and later mortality among older persons in the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-Up Study.
Author(s) -
Johanna T. Dwyer,
Jennifer H. Madans,
Bruce W. Turnbull,
Joan CoriHuntley,
Connie M. Dresser,
Donald F. Everett,
Ronald D. Perrone
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.8.1299
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , body mass index , confidence interval , diabetes mellitus , national health and nutrition examination survey , population , cohort study , relative risk , proportional hazards model , cohort , disease , epidemiology , demography , gerontology , environmental health , endocrinology , sociology
The purpose of this study was to determine whether diet adversely affected survival among 2572 older persons with indicators of kidney disease in a population-based cohort. Average follow-up time for survivors, of whom 1453 (57%) had died at analysis, was 14.5 years.