NIDDK Central Repository - Dialysis dose and the effect of gender and body size on outcome in the HEMO Study.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00519.x

PubMed ID

15086479

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2004

Affiliation

Division of Nephrology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA. tadepner@ucdavis.edu

Authors

Allon M, Beck G, Chumlea C, Daugirdas J, Delmez J, Depner T, Eknoyan G, Gotch F, Greene T, Hemodialysis Study Group, Kusek J, Levin N, Macon E, Milford E, Owen W, Star R, Toto R

Studies

HEMO

Citation

Depner T, Daugirdas J, Greene T, Allon M, Beck G, Chumlea C, Delmez J, Gotch F, Kusek J, Levin N, Macon E, Milford E, Owen W, Star R, Toto R, Eknoyan G, Hemodialysis Study Group. Dialysis dose and the effect of gender and body size on outcome in the HEMO Study. Kidney Int 2004 Apr;65(4):1386-94.

Abstract

Gender and body size have been associated with survival in hemodialysis populations. In recent observational studies, overall mortality was similar in men and women and higher in small patients. The effect of dialysis dose in each of these subgroups has not been tested in a clinical trial.