Race, Mineral Homeostasis and Mortality in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Aberrant phosphorus homeostasis, reflected by higher phosphorus and FGF23, may be a risk factor for mortality in patients initiating hemodialysis, particularly among African Americans. PMID: 26287973 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - August 20, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Scialla JJ, Parekh RS, Eustace JA, Astor BC, Plantinga L, Jaar BG, Shafi T, Coresh J, Powe NR, Melamed ML Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research