Smoking has no impact on survival and it is not associated with gene I/D polymorphism in hemodialysis patients
Introduction: The relationship between smoking and mortality in patients on hemodialysis is controversial. Earlier studies showed that the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE gene might have an effect on mortality. The aim of this study was to test the impact of smoking on survival and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi - SAGE Publishing
2017-01-01
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Series: | Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1470320316667831 |