Mortality risk of chronic kidney disease: A comparison between the adult populations in urban China and the United States.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a risk factor for all-cause mortality in the United States, but the evidence from China is limited. We investigate whether prognosis of CKD (mortality) differs between the two countries. In particular, we sought to compare the strength of association between CKD stage...

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Main Authors: Jinwei Wang, Fang Wang, Rajiv Saran, Zhi He, Ming-Hui Zhao, Yi Li, Luxia Zhang, Jennifer Bragg-Gresham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5854279?pdf=render