ASSOCIATION OF SERUM ALBUMIN AND MORTALITY IN ELDERLY DIALYSIS PATIENTS

ASSOCIATION OF SERUM ALBUMIN AND MORTALITY IN ELDERLY DIALYSIS PATIENTS

Low serum albumin level is the strongest mortality-predictor in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. It is not known whether this association is consistent across all age groups, especially in the elderly. We examined the association of serum albumin and all–cause mortality in 105,523 MHD patien...

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Main Authors: Alla Victoroff, Miklos Z Molnar, Jennie Jing, Elani Streja, Vanessa Ravel, Debbie Benner, Csaba P Kovesdy, Joel D Kopple, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology 2012-06-01
Series:Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221191321200455X

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