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PubMed ID:
19729429
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2009
Affiliation: Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Srinivasan.beddhu@hsc.utah.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.01560309
Authors:
Ma X,
Beddhu S,
Greene T,
Cheung AK,
Baird B
Serum alkaline phosphatase has been associated with increased mortality in hemodialysis patients but its associations with mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages III and IV are unknown. Design, settings, participants & measurements: In 1094 participants in the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) database, the associations of serum alkaline phosphatase with mortality and cardiovascular events were examined in Cox models.
