Open AccessSerum Folate and All-Cause Mortality is of Non-Linear Relationship Among Population with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Lei Yan,
Feiran Zhang,
Yu-Ran Zeng,
Yihao Zheng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s314904
Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , hazard ratio , kidney disease , population , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , cohort , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , environmental health
A transition toward high serum folate concentrations has been noticed following the mandatory folate fortification. To explore this further, we studied the relationship between folate and health outcomes in population with chronic kidney disease (CKD).