Regional Mortality Differences in End-stage Renal Disease: How Far Can Observational Studies Take Us?
From: Department of Renal Medicine, Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salem, Virginia 24153, USA. csaba.kovesdy@va.gov
Kidney international
- Publish Date: Jan 2007
- ISSN: 0085-2538
- Volume: 71
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 11-2
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Kovesdy C P, et al. Regional Mortality Differences in End-stage Renal Disease: How Far Can Observational Studies Take Us?. Kidney Int. Jan 2007;71:11-2
Abstract
The survival of patients with ESRD living in various geographic regions is strikingly different. Efforts to determine the reasons behind this observation have been hampered by difficulties in adjusting for many characteristics that are inherently different in patient populations living on different continents. The mortality rate for the general population in a given region could be used to adjust for risk factors that would be otherwise difficult to quantify.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Epidemiologic Factors, Epidemiologic Methods, Humans, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Risk Factors
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