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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Main Authors: István Kiss, Zoltán Kiss, Lóránt Kerkovits, András Paksy, Csaba Ambrus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1470320316667831