Variability of serum phosphorus and its  association with mortality among hemodialysis patients
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CONCLUSION: Higher phosphorus CV was independently correlated with all-cause and CVD mortality. Low phosphorus variability with on-target levels resulted in decreased patient mortality. Thus, stable serum phosphorus levels may improve survival in MHD patients.
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PMID: 29578398 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Nephrology - March 26, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Zhu M, Dou L, Zhu M, Liu S, Zhan Y, Lu J, Ni Z, Qian J, Cai H, Zhang W Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research